Locality E23, Merbah el Oussif East, Djebel Tebaga (Permian of Tunisia)

Where: Madanin, Tunisia (33.4° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 18.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Shaly Facies Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• 3 metres thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale

• Shale, marly.

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 41861: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Sponges and bivalves.
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo tebagaensis Termier and Termier 1959 clam
unclassified
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Porifera indet. Grant 1836