Locality E10-12, 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 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

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Taxonomic list

• Sponges only.
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Pseudoamblysiphonella polysiphonata n. gen. n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
Amblysiphonella obliqua n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
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