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