Locality E14, Middle Shaly Facies, Merbah el Oussif, Djebel Tebaga (Permian of Tunisia)

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: Middle Shaly Facies Formation, Capitanian (265.1 - 259.9 Ma)

• Yabeina indicates Capitanian age. 20 metres thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, argillaceous lime mudstone

• Marl, very fossiliferous, one or more small bioherm lenses.

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 41854: 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 - Sebargasiidae
"Amblysiphonella merlai" = Laccosiphonella merlai2
"Amblysiphonella merlai" = Laccosiphonella merlai2 Parona 1933 demosponge
 Agelasida - Exotubispongiidae
Exotubispongia virgulata n. gen. n. sp.1
Exotubispongia virgulata n. gen. n. sp.1 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
 Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae
Stellispongiella insculpta n. gen. n. sp.1 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
Stellispongiella bacilla n. gen.1 Termier and Termier 1955 demosponge
Prestellispongia paula n. gen. n. sp.1 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Preverticillites columnella2 Parona 1933 demosponge
 Agelasida - Spicidae
Spica spica2 Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
 Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Auriculospongia perforata n. sp.1 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
Auriculospongia auriculata1 Termier and Termier 1955 demosponge
 Agelasida - Virgolidae
Microsphaerispongia polyarteria n. gen. n. sp.1, Polytubifungia maxima n. gen. n. sp.1
Microsphaerispongia polyarteria n. gen. n. sp.1 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
Polytubifungia maxima n. gen. n. sp.1 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
"Cystothalamia ramosa n. sp." = Imbricatocoelia ramosa2 Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
Colospongia cortexifera n. sp.2 Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
Subascosymplegma oussifensis2 Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Pisothalamia spiculata n. gen. n. sp.2
Pisothalamia spiculata n. gen. n. sp.2 Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
Disjectoporidae
  - Disjectoporidae