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: Upper Biohermal Complex Member (Djebel Tebaga Formation), Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• Equivalent to bed C17 (Newell et al. 1976).
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. K. Rigby and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1996. Upper Permian inozoid, demospongid, and hexactinellid sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 7:1-130 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42014: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Stellispongiella bacilla n. gen.
Stellispongiella bacilla n. gen. Termier and Termier 1955 demosponge | |
Pseudohimatella pauciporata n. gen. Parona 1933 demosponge
Intratubospongia osiensis de Gregorio 1930 demosponge |