Also known as Reef 200
Where: Madanin, Tunisia (33.4° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° S, 18.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Saikra Biohermal Complex Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• Saikra Biohermal Complex is uppermost unit, Capitanian in age. Thickness not recorded, this bed is the probable location of the collection. Same horizon as Bed 32, Section G.
• 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 41889: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Demospongiae | |
Exotubispongia virgulata n. gen. n. sp.2
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Stellispongiella reticulata n. gen. n. sp.2
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Crinoidea | |
? Paragaricocrinus yakovlevi n. sp.1
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