Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Paleocene–Eocene transition at the Kharrouba section, Tunisia (Southern tethys margin)

This complete section contains benthic foraminiferal assemblages which include calcareous and agglutinated cosmopolitan deep-water species (DWBF). Among the calcareous deep benthic foraminifera Aragonia velascoensis Anomalinoides rubiginosus, Oridorsalis umbonatus, Nuttallides truempyi, Pullenia coryelli and Tappanina selmensis, are relatively abundant.