ammonites
Diapir realm northern slope of jebel (Triassic of Tunisia)

Where: Banzart, Tunisia (36.5° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 8.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fkirine Formation, Rhaetian (205.6 - 201.6 Ma)

• between the 'marabouts' Sidi Abdallah Chehid and Sidi Asker and just below Koudet Tlilat, black dolomites overlie very deformed evaporites(oued).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomite

• Within the lower part (thin beds with tepees) of these dolomites, lowermost part Rhaetian in age

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Kamoun, B. Peyernes, R. Ciszak and S. Calzada. 2001. Triassic palaeogeography of Tunisia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 172:223-242 [D. Bottjer/N. Bonuso/N. Bonuso] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41980: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 22.07.2004