r3/3/5 (Profil 12, Bir Remtha) (Jurassic to of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (32.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 20.5° N, 11.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tataouine Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, bioturbated, intraclastic grainstone

Preservation: cast, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: S. Holzapfel. 1998. Palökologie benthischer Faunengemeinschaften und Taxonomie der Bivalven im Jura von Südtunesien. Beringeria - Würzburger geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (22)1-199 [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/M. Gahr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13951: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 06.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Corallia indet.
described as corals indet.
Hydrozoa
  -
Hydrozoa indet. Owen 1843
described as spherical Hydrozoa
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania "sp. B" Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
described as sp. B
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Globularia coxi Stefanini 1939 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhaiidae indet. Gray 1850 snail
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
"Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites
"Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites Gründel and Nützel 2012 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna "sp. C" Linnaeus 1758 oyster
described as sp. C
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Eligmidae
Eligmus weiri Cox 1935 oyster
 Ostreida -
Ostreacea indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya crassa Agassiz 1845 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Arcomya sp. Agassiz 1838 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia "sp. A" Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam
described as sp. A
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tendagurium propebanneianum Dietrich 1933 cockle
Protocardia somaliensis Cox 1935 cockle
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
Rhynchonellida "sp. B" Kuhn 1949
described as sp. B
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Striithyris somaliensis Muir-Wood 1935
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" ("") "sp. C" Müller 1776
described as sp. C
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Rhabdocidaris sp. Desor 1855 pencil urchin
 Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Stomechinus sp. Desor 1858 sea urchin
 Irregularia - Clypeidae
Pygurus peretti sea urchin
 Irregularia -
Bothryopneustes sp. Fourtau 1924 sea urchin
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Nucleolites sp. Lamarck 1801 sea urchin
 Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae