PBDB Collection

Tazerdunet (Tataouine) (Jurassic to of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (32.9° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 11.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tataouine Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: G. Dubar. 1967. Brachiopodes Jurassiques du Sahara Tunisien [Jurassic brachiopods from the Tunisian Sahara]. Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 53:1-71 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99126: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae	? Gymnocerithium sp. ? Gymnocerithium sp. Cossmann 1906 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae	Tretospira aff. subnodosa, Purpuroidea sp. Tretospira aff. subnodosa periwinkle Purpuroidea sp. Lycett 1848 periwinkle
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Harpagodes aff. thirriae Harpagodes aff. thirriae snail
Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae	Globularia zemmourensis Globularia zemmourensis Cox 1969 snail
Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae	Pseudomelania (Oonia) saharica n. sp. Pseudomelania (Oonia) saharica n. sp. snail
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Terebratulidae	Terebratula semisella, Terebratula cf. oxoniensis, Terebratula nutans, Terebratula matmatensis n. sp., Terebratula cf. lamberti, Terebratula djeffarae, Terebratula bussoni Terebratula semisella Terebratula cf. oxoniensis Terebratula nutans Terebratula matmatensis n. sp. Dubar 1967 Terebratula cf. lamberti Douville 1886 Terebratula djeffarae Dubar 1967 Terebratula bussoni Dubar 1967
Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae	Striithyris somaliensis Striithyris somaliensis Muir-Wood 1935
Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae	"Terebratula cf. suprajurensis" = Xestosina suprajurensis, "Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella, "Terebratula aff. breviplicata" = Kutchithyris breviplicata "Terebratula cf. suprajurensis" = Xestosina suprajurensis Thurmann 1862 "Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846 "Terebratula aff. breviplicata" = Kutchithyris breviplicata Kitchin 1900
Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae	Zeilleria hararina Zeilleria hararina Jaboli 1959
Terebratulida - Kingenidae	"Zeilleria farringdonensis" = Zittelina farringdonensis "Zeilleria farringdonensis" = Zittelina farringdonensis Rollier 1919
Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae	Rhynchonella cf. macfadyeni, Rhynchonella djeffarae n. sp., Rhynchonella tazerdunensis n. sp. Rhynchonella cf. macfadyeni Rhynchonella djeffarae n. sp. Dubar 1967 n. subsp. stricta Rhynchonella tazerdunensis n. sp. Dubar 1967
Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae	Burmirhynchia cf. weiri, Somalirhynchia cf. bihenensis, Somalirhynchia jordanica, Somalirhynchia smelliei, Somalirhynchia somalica, Somalirhynchia africana Burmirhynchia cf. weiri Diaz-Romero 1931 Somalirhynchia cf. bihenensis Muir-Wood 1935 Somalirhynchia jordanica Noetling 1887 Somalirhynchia smelliei Weir 1925 Somalirhynchia somalica Dacque 1905 Somalirhynchia africana Weir 1925
Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae	Lacunosella sp. Lacunosella sp. Wisniewska 1932