Locality I2, Saikra Biohermal Complex, Denguir, Djebel Tebaga: Capitanian, Tunisia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Disjectoporidae
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Radiotrabeculopora reticulata
Fan et al. 1991
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 3 individuals | ||||||||
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Radiotrabeculopora cf. xiangboensis
Fan et al. 1991
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Guadalupiidae
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Cystauletes mammilosus
King 1943
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Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Preperonidellidae
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? Heptatubispongia cf. symmetrica
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| Heptatubispongia (?) cf. symmetrica n. sp. | ||||||||||
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? Imperatoria fistulata n. sp.
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 4 individuals | ||||||||
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Imperatoria voluta n. sp.
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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Radiofibra lineata n. gen., n. sp.
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Virgolidae
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Intratubospongia osiensis
(de Gregorio 1930)
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 9 individuals | ||||||||
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Polytubifungia maxima n. gen., n. sp.
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Auriculospongiidae
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Auriculospongia auriculata
(Termier and Termier 1955)
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 5 individuals | ||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Spicidae
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Spica spica
Termier and Termier 1977
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Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Stellispongiellidae
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Stellispongiella tumida n. gen., n. sp.
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Stellispongiella n. gen. bacilla
(Termier and Termier 1955)
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 7 individuals | ||||||||
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Stellispongiella insculpta n. gen., n. sp.
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 3 individuals | ||||||||
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Prestellispongia paula n. gen., n. sp.
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 11 individuals | ||||||||
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Prestellispongia n. gen. permica
(Parona 1933)
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 3 individuals | ||||||||
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Prestellispongia n. gen. lobata
(Parona 1933)
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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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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Demospongiae
- Verticillitida
- Colospongiidae
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Colospongia cortexifera 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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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: | Saikra Biohermal Complex | ||||
| Local section: | I - Denguir | Local bed: | 2 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Saikra Biohermal Complex is uppermost unit, Capitanian in age. 12 metres thick, covered. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,red or brown "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Shale, covered with grayish orange rubble. | |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
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: | 41955 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Bottjer | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-22 10:34:26 | Last modified: | 2007-09-10 11:46:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-22 10:34:26 |
| 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:
| 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] |