Also known as Le Kef
Where: Kef, Tunisia (36.2° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.0° N, 6.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zebbeus Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• multiple samples apparently from two different zones in the "Danian part" of the formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: Louisiana State University collection
Primary reference: G. C. Esker, III. 1968. Danian ostracodes from Tunisia. Micropaleontology 14(3):319-333 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93948: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella meijeri n. sp.
Cytherella meijeri n. sp. ostracod | |
Xestoleberis tunisiensis n. sp.
Xestoleberis tunisiensis n. sp. ostracod | |
Krithe echolsae n. sp.
Krithe echolsae n. sp. ostracod | |
Acanthocythereis denticulata n. sp., Cythereis coronata n. sp., Cythereis sp., Isocythereis acies n. sp.
Acanthocythereis denticulata n. sp. ostracod
Cythereis coronata n. sp. ostracod
Cythereis sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
Isocythereis acies n. sp. ostracod | |
Cytheropteron lekefense n. sp.
Cytheropteron lekefense n. sp. ostracod | |
Bythocypris gohrbandti n. sp. ostracod
"Bythocypris" adunca n. sp. ostracod
"Bythocypris" sp. Brady 1880 ostracod | |
"Krausella" ouedrmelensis n. sp.
"Krausella" ouedrmelensis n. sp. ostracod | |
Paracypris "sp. A" Sars 1866 ostracod
Paracypris "sp. B" Sars 1866 ostracod | |
Pontocyprella recurva n. sp.
Pontocyprella recurva n. sp. ostracod |