Where: Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia (35.4° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 18.7° N, 8.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, calcareous, carbonaceous lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: L. Pervinquière. 1907. Etudes de paléontologie tunisienne. 1. Céphalopodes des terrains secondaires. Carte Géologique de la Tunisie 1-438 [L. Bulot/L. Bulot/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 108971: authorized by Luc Bulot, entered by Luc Bulot on 09.05.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Cephalopoda | |
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Neolobites peroni Hyatt 1903 ammonite | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Oscillopha syphax oyster | |
Costagyra olisiponensis, Ilymatogyra africana, Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum, Ceratostreon flabellatum, Laevigyra obliquata, ? Gyrostrea delettrei, Curvostrea rouvillei, "Pycnodonte vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa
Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Laevigyra obliquata oyster
? Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862 oyster
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster
"Pycnodonte vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 oyster | |