Rigby locality 216-1976, Kef en Nsoura, 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 42044: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Sponges only.
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Virgolidae
Intratubospongia osiensis de Gregorio 1930 demosponge
Pseudohimatella pauciporata n. gen. Parona 1933 demosponge
 Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Auriculospongia auriculata Termier and Termier 1955 demosponge
 Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae
Estrellospongia grossa n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
Stellispongiella insculpta n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
Stellispongiella porosa n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
Prestellispongia permica n. gen. Parona 1933 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Tristratocoelia rhythmica Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge