Locality C8, Merbah el Oussif West, 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: Djebel Tebaga Lower Bioherm Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Probably in the Capitanian Lower Biohermal Complex. Neoschwagerina margaritae, Yabeina.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan and J.K. Rigby. 1988. Upper Permian segmented sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia. Facies 19:171-250 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41833: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Sponges and bivalves.
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Cystothalamia conica Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
 Agelasida - Spicidae
Spica spica Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge