Dataset

Paleobiology of Ostracoda in "Oued Merarzeka" (NE Tunisia) and the Mediterranean Sea

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Presence-absence data for Ostracoda species from different geologic times situated near Tunesia and the Mediterranean Sea. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Goddeeris, B. (1973). Systematische studie der Ostracoda (Crustacea) uit het mariene Plioceen van de "Oued Merarzeka" (N.O. Tunesiƫ). MSc Thesis. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Leuven. 177, 4 pl. pp.

Citation: Goddeeris B.; Laboratorium voor Paleontologie; Faculteit Wetenschappen. KUL: Belgium; (2016): Paleobiology of Ostracoda in "Oued Merarzeka" (NE Tunisia) and the Mediterranean Sea. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5095) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/235

Published: September 17, 2025 at 09:09

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=paleobiology_ostracoda_oued_merarzeka_mediterranean_sea_1972

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Faculty of Sciences
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Faculty of Sciences

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

2,639
occurrence records
46
taxa
40
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,815
68.8%
decimalLatitude 110
4.2%
decimalLongitude 110
4.2%
eventDate 1,649
62.5%
maximumDepthInMeters 2,639
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 2,639
100.0%
scientificNameID 240 144
14.6%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 2,639
100.0%
ON_LAND 2,364
89.6%
NO_MATCH 336
12.7%
NO_COORD 110
4.2%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 48
1.8%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_FOSSIL 48
1.8%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE 48
1.8%

Measurement types

DNA derived data