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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Algae | |
Foraminifera | |
Dunbarula sp. Ciry 1948 | |
Yabeina sp. Deprat 1914 | |
Chusenella sp. Hsu 1942 | |
Demospongiae | |
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Anthozoa | |
Rugosa indet. horn coral | |
Numidiaphyllum gillianum n. gen.1
Numidiaphyllum gillianum n. gen.1 Flügel 1976 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Waagenoceras cf. mojsisovicsi Gemmellaro 1887 ammonite |