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Terminal Maastrichtian ammonites from the Cretaceous–Paleogene Global Stratotype Section and Point, El Kef, Tunisia
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| Author | Goolaerts, Stijn Kennedy, William James Dupuis, Christian Steurbaut, Etienne |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | Ammonites are described for the first time from the terminal Maastrichtian in the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K/P) Global Stratotype Section and Point at El Kef, Tunisia. A rich assemblage, consisting of at least 17 taxa, occurs in the interval from 7 to 2 m below the K/P boundary. They co-occur with a diverse macrofauna, which also includes rudists. All fossils are pyritic, and the ammonites are all nuclei, mostly <20 mm in diameter. The dominance of Indoscaphites suggests open connections with southern India along the southern Tethys. No ammonites have been recovered from the 2-m interval below the K/P boundary in the Tunisian basin, although other macrofossil groups, including some originally aragonitic bivalve taxa, persist up to the boundary and are also present in the basal Paleogene. |
| Starting Page | 313 |
| Ending Page | 328 |
| Page Count | 16 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 25 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/279508.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2004.01.002 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
