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 Member (Djebel Tebaga Formation), Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• Yabeina indicates Capitanian age. Fossils from beds 10, 11, and 12; total 30 metres thick.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
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 41869: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Pseudoamblysiphonella polysiphonata n. gen. n. sp., Amblysiphonella obliqua n. sp.
Pseudoamblysiphonella polysiphonata n. gen. n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
Amblysiphonella obliqua n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge | |
Colospongia cortexifera n. sp., "Cystothalamia ramosa n. sp." = Imbricatocoelia ramosa
Colospongia cortexifera n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
"Cystothalamia ramosa n. sp." = Imbricatocoelia ramosa Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge |