Locality E10, Middle Shaly Facies, Merbah el Oussif, Djebel Tebaga: Capitanian, Tunisia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Polycoeliidae
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Calophyllum angustum
(Rothpletz 1892)
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Flügel 1997 | |||||||||
| subspecies angustum | ||||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Hadromerida
- Celyphiidae
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Pisothalamia spiculata n. gen., n. sp.
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
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Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Verticillitida
- Tebagathalamiidae
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Graminospongia girtyi
(Parona 1933)
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Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Polyedridae
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Polyedra tebagensis
Termier and Termier 1955
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Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 | |||||||||
| Misspelled Polyedera in taxonomic grid | ||||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Sebargasiidae
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Amblysiphonella merlai
Parona 1933
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Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 | |||||||||
| misspelling Laccosiphonella merlai | ||||||||||
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Pseudoamblysiphonella polysiphonata n. gen., n. sp.
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
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Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 | |||||||||
| Misspelled Pseudoamblyiphonella in taxonomic grid | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 264.28000 - 259.51000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Middle Shaly Facies | ||||
| Local section: | E - east of Merbah el Oussif | Local bed: | 10 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Yabeina indicates Capitanian age. 14 metres thick. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Shale, covered. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
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
| Database number: | 41850 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Bottjer, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Clapham, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-21 12:17:36 | Last modified: | 2004-07-21 18:38:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-21 12:17:36 |
| 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:
| 17802 | H. W. Flügel. 1997. Korallen aus dem Perm von S-Tunesien, W-Iran und NW-Thailand [Permian corals from S-Tunisia, W-Iran and NW-Thailand]. Sitzungsberichte Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I 204:79-109 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
| 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] |