Where: Madanin, Tunisia (33.4° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° S, 18.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• The calcaires a Bellerophon are one of the upper units in the area, and are definitely Capitanian.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• Fossils collected over wide area of Djebel Tebaga.
Primary reference: H. Termier, G. Termier, and D. Vachard. 1977. Monographie paleontologique des affleurements permiens du Djebel Tebaga (Sud Tunisien). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 156(1-3):1-109 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42098: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ottonosia | |
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Rhodophyceae | |
Permocalculus fragilis Pia 1937 | |
Gastropoda | |
Cylindritopsis ovalis Gemmellaro 1889 snail | |
Euconospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Phymatopleura kattaensis Waagen 1880 snail | |
? Luciella sp. de Koninck 1883 snail | |
Micheliopsis lapparenti n. gen. n. sp.
Micheliopsis lapparenti n. gen. n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977 snail | |
? Auseria sp. Fucini 1895 snail | |
Trachyspira canaliculata Gemmellaro 1889 snail
Trachyspira delphinuloides Gemmellaro 1889 snail | |
"Bellerophon asiaticus" = Waagenella asiaticus
"Bellerophon asiaticus" = Waagenella asiaticus Roemer 1880 snail | |
Naticopsis "sp. 1" M'Coy 1844 snail
Naticopsis "sp. 2" M'Coy 1844 snail
Naticopsis cf. depressa Stache 1877 snail | |
Neritoma sp. Morris 1949 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Atractites" sp. Guembel 1861 belemnite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
? Orthotichia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Permophricodothyris sp. Pavlova 1965 |