Where: Madanin, Tunisia (33.4° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 17.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Oum el Afia Shale Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• 20+ metres thick. Oum el Afia shale is lowest stratigraphic unit in the region.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; brown, green shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. D. Newell, J.K. Rigby, A. Driggs, D.W. Boyd, and F.G. Stehli. 1976. Permian reef complex, Tunisia. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 23(1):75-112 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41654: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Disjectoporidae | |
Radiotrabeculopora cf. xiangboensis2 Fan et al. 1991 | |
Demospongiae | |
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Pseudohimatella pauciporata2, Intratubospongia osiensis2, Polytubifungia maxima2, Polytubifungia minima2
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Stellispongiella bacilla2, Prestellispongia lobata2, Prestellispongia permica2, Prestellispongia paula2
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Bivalvia | |
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