Locality C18, Merbah el Oussif West, Djebel Tebaga (Permian of Tunisia)

Also known as Reef 200

Where: Madanin, Tunisia (33.4° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° S, 18.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yabeina foram zone, Upper Biohermal Complex Member (Djebel Tebaga Formation), Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• Presence of Yabeina suggests Capitanian age. 5 metres thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Limestone, rubbly.

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 41837: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Sponges and bivalves.
Stenolaemata
 Fenestrata -
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Lyroschizodus djemelensis1 Boyd and Newell 1979 clam
Disjectoporidae
  - Disjectoporidae
Demospongiae
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Platythalamiella newelli n. gen.3 Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
 Agelasida - Spicidae
Spica spica3 Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
 Agelasida - Virgolidae
Pseudohimatella pauciporata n. gen.2 Parona 1933 demosponge
 Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae
Prestellispongia paula2, "Stellispongia bacilla n. gen." = Stellispongiella bacilla2
Prestellispongia paula2 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
"Stellispongia bacilla n. gen." = Stellispongiella bacilla2 Termier and Termier 1955 demosponge
 Agelasida - Polyedridae
Polyedra tebagensis3 Termier and Termier 1955 demosponge
Misspelled Polyedera in taxonomic grid
 Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Auriculospongia auriculata2 Termier and Termier 1955 demosponge
Auriculospongia perforata2 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Chusenella sp. Hsu 1942