Where: Tataouine, Tunisia (32.9° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 11.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Techout Formation, Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; fine-grained, yellow, calcareous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: E. Fara, M. Ouaja, E. Buffetaut and D. Srarfi. 2002. First occurrences of thalattosuchian crocodiles in the Middle and Upper Jurassic of Tunisia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 2002(8):465-476 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 141913: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 02.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Crocodylomorpha indet. crocodilian Indeterminate crocodilian teeth, differing from Steneosaurus, and scutes
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Actinopteri | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch | |
Polyacrodus sp. Jaekel 1889 elasmobranch |