Locality C19, 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 (265.1 - 259.9 Ma)

• Presence of Yabeina suggests Capitanian age. 7 metres thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Limestone bioherm with sponge-algal fabric.

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 41838: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Sponges and bivalves.
Algae
 Algae -
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Boultoniidae
Dunbarula sp. Ciry 1948
 Fusulinoidea - Neoschwagerinidae
Yabeina sp. Deprat 1914
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Chusenella sp. Hsu 1942
Demospongiae
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia cortexifera2 Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral
  -
Numidiaphyllum gillianum n. gen.1 Flügel 1976
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae
Waagenoceras cf. mojsisovicsi Gemmellaro 1887 ammonite