Locality C18, Merbah el Oussif West, Djebel Tebaga: Capitanian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Disjectoporidae
Radiotrabeculopora reticulata Fan et al. 1991
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 1 individual
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae
Pseudohimatella n. gen. pauciporata (Parona 1933)
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 8 individuals
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae
Stellispongia n. gen. bacilla Termier and Termier 1955
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 15 individuals
recombined as Stellispongiella bacilla
Prestellispongia paula Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 2 individuals
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Spicidae
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Auriculospongia auriculata (Termier and Termier 1955)
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 1 individual
Auriculospongia perforata Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 4 individuals
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Polyedridae
Polyedra tebagensis Termier and Termier 1955
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Misspelled Polyedera in taxonomic grid
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Platythalamiella n. gen. newelli Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Stenolaemata - Fenestrata
Fenestrata indet. (Elias and Condra 1957)
synonym of Fenestelloidea
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Lyroschizodus djemelensis Boyd and Newell 1979
Boyd and Newell 1979
Schwagerinidae
Chusenella sp. Hsu 1942
see common names

Geography
Country:Tunisia State/province:Madanin
Coordinates: 33.4° North, 10.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.6° South, 18.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Capitanian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Capitanian Foram zone: Yabeina
Age range of interval:264.28000 - 259.51000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Djebel Tebaga Member:Upper Biohermal Complex
Local section:C Local bed:18
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Presence of Yabeina suggests Capitanian age. 5 metres thick.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Limestone, rubbly.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Sponges and bivalves.
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 200
Database number:41837
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-21 10:36:38 Last modified:2019-09-11 17:02:05
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-21 10:36:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11153. 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]

Secondary references:

11157 D. W. Boyd and N.D. Newell. 1979. Permian pelecypods from Tunisia. American Museum Novitates 2686:1-22 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11156 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]
11155 B. Senowbari-Daryan and J.K. Rigby. 1988. Upper Permian segmented sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia. Facies 19:171-250 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]