Microfauna, Term 3, Middle Albian, Koudiat el Beida, Tunisia (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (36.6° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 10.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: fahdène Formation, Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, sandy wackestone and poorly lithified marl

• 120 meters of limestones rich in sponge spicules interbeded with marls

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: I. Zghal, R. Damotte, and H. Bismuth. 1996. Les ostracodes de l'Albien du Koudiat el Beida (J. Mrhila, Tunisie centrale). Revue de Micropaléontologie 39(1):67-90 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56813: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 26.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Saracenaria sp. Defrance 1824
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Favusellidae
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Ataxophragmiacea - Globotextulariidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
  -
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella ex gr. ovata Roemer 1841 ostracod
Cytherelloidea sp. Alexander 1929 ostracod
 Podocopida -
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Eucytherura sp. ostracod
Eucytherura (Vesticytherura) sp. type KEB 117
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Cythereis cf. phoenissa ostracod
Cythereis cf. phoenissa serotina
 Podocopida - Cytheridae
"Centrocythere denticulata" = Neocythere (Centrocythere) ostracod
 Podocopida - Brachycytheridae
Pterygocythere bismuthi n. sp. ostracod
 Podocopida -
 Podocopida - Schizocytheridae
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Paracypris sp. Sars 1866 ostracod