A Bathonian flora in the Teohout formation of south-east Tunisia

This is the first discovery in South Tunisia of a diversified Bathonian flo ra from the Tataouine area. The plants are known as imprints without cuticl es and as permineralized axes of ferns (Cladophlebis sp. Onychiopsis tenuil oba, Coniopteris simplex, Piazopteris branneri, Alstaettia sp.) and conifer s (Cypressinocladus soltanensis n. sp., Metapodocarpoxylon libanoticum and Agathoxylon sp.). Comparisons are made with others floras from the peri-Tet hys area. Palaeoecological conclusions are drawn from taphonomic observatio ns.