Locality E13, 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 Member (Djebel Tebaga Formation), Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• 1 metre thick, biohermal lenses.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• Limestone, bioherm with sponge 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 41853: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Sponges and bivalves.
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Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
"Amblysiphonella merlai" = Laccosiphonella merlai2, Amblysiphonella obliqua2
"Amblysiphonella merlai" = Laccosiphonella merlai2 Parona 1933 demosponge
Amblysiphonella obliqua2 Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Lyroschizodus djemelensis1
Lyroschizodus djemelensis1 Boyd and Newell 1979 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis alta1
Nuculopsis alta1 Termier and Termier 1959 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
? Phestia sp.1
? Phestia sp.1 Chernyshev 1951 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo tebagaensis1
Palaeoneilo tebagaensis1 Termier and Termier 1959 clam
1Boyd and Newell 1979; 2Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988