Dhouha Jomaa salmouna

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Can anyone help me to identify species in the following thin sections?

The two samples are collected from the late Cretaceous deposits from Tunisia. thank you in advance.

13 October 2022 2,198 20 View

Could fossil lamellibranchs be found in contiguous valves?

These specimens were found in carbonate sediments in Tunisia. Kasserine area

06 July 2022 8,996 4 View

Can anyone help me identify these organisms?

Hi, I'm working on Late Cretaceous carbonates in central southern atlas of Tunisia. I think that these are longitidunal sections of Rudists but I need confirmation and a more detailed...

08 February 2022 4,637 5 View

To which genus belong these two rudist valves?

Can anyone help me to determine the genus of these two rudist valves on the first picture. In my opinion, the valve to the left, corresponds to a radiolitidae. The other on the right, belongs to...

21 December 2016 4,685 4 View

Is the presence of glauconite and phosphate in carbonate rocks, an indicator of a hard-ground surface?

the attached thin-section photos represent turonian- coniacian carbonate rocks collected from deposits of the Central-southern atlas of Tunisia. do they represent hard -ground surfaces? Thank you...

08 November 2016 4,990 8 View

Could fossil lamellibranchs be found in contiguous valves?

to my knowledge this except the valves of the brachiopods remain contiguous after death. these specimens look like lamellibranchs despite their valves are joined

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