Additional taxonomic data on late Messinian ostracods from Eastern Tunisia

Abstract

The ostracod fauna of two late Messinian stratigraphic sections in eastern Tunisia have been analysed. The first section (Salakta-SAL section), is located south of Cape Bon, the second (Wadi el Kebir–OK section) in the Sahel region. In both sections the shallow marine ostracod fauna is dominant but have also been found taxa referable to the Lago Mare facies. From the shallow water marine levels, several ostracods taxa were recognized; some of which, due to their morphological particularities, have been described as new species. In a first contribution (Sciuto et al., 2021) have been described twenty-four taxa. Now, a second series of sixty shallow water marine ostracod taxa coming from the sedimentary levels of the Oued El Bir Formation, considered unknown or little known until now are systematically listed below, described and illustrated. They belong to the genera Cytherella, Bairdia, Cushmanidea, Cytheridea, Cyamocytheridea, Miocyprideis, Aurila, Cimbaurila, Peteraurila, Urocythere, Callistocythere, Leptocythere, Mediocytherideis, Loxoconcha, Loxoconchissa, Sagmatocythere, Neomonoceratina, Carinocythereis, Chrysocythere, Cistacythereis, Keijella, Mutilus, Neocytheretta, Okadaleberis, Verrucocythereis, Cytheretta, Xestoleberis.