Tazerdunet (Tataouine) (Jurassic to of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (32.9° N, 10.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 13.4° N, 20.7° E (Wright 2013)

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