Rigby locality 143-1976, Merbah el Oussif East, 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: Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

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 42037: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Sponges only.
Demospongiae
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia cortexifera n. sp.1 Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
 Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Cystauletes mammilosus1 King 1943 demosponge
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia ostiolata1 Steinmann 1882 demosponge
 Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae
Prestellispongia permica n. gen. Parona 1933 demosponge
Prestellispongia paula n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
Stellispongiella bacilla n. gen. Termier and Termier 1955 demosponge
Stellispongiella reticulata n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
Stellispongiella porosa n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
 Agelasida - Virgolidae
Preeudea minima Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
Intratubospongia osiensis de Gregorio 1930 demosponge
 Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Cavusonella caverna Rigby et al. 1989 demosponge
 Agelasida - Spicidae
Spica spica1 Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
 Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Permocorynella ovoidalis n. gen., Djemelia nana n. gen. n. sp.
Permocorynella ovoidalis n. gen. Parona 1933 demosponge
Djemelia nana n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
 Agelasida - Glomocystospongiidae
Glomocystospongia gracilis2 Rigby et al. 1989 demosponge
Disjectoporidae
  - Disjectoporidae