Locality I5, Saikra Biohermal Complex, Denguir, Djebel Tebaga: Capitanian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pectineacea indet.
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Anthozoa
Tabulata indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Heptatubispongia symmetrica n. gen., n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 1 individual
Djemelia nana n. gen., n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 2 individuals
? Imperatoria fistulata n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 3 individuals
Ramostella stipulata n. gen., n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 1 individual
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae
Prestellispongia n. gen. lobata (Parona 1933)
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 1 individual
Prestellispongia paula n. gen., n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 13 individuals
Stellispongiella insculpta n. gen., n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 1 individual
Stellispongiella porosa n. gen., n. sp. Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 3 individuals
Stellispongiella n. gen. bacilla (Termier and Termier 1955)
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 50 individuals
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae
Rhabdactinia depressa Rigby et al. 1989
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1991
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella ramosa n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia ostiolata Steinmann 1882
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Spicidae
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Cystothalamia ramosa n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
recombined as Imbricatocoelia ramosa
Disjectoporidae
Radiotrabeculopora maokoui Fan et al. 1991
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 1 individual
Radiotrabeculopora reticulata Fan et al. 1991
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 1 individual
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:Saikra Biohermal Complex
Local section:I - Denguir Local bed:5
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Saikra Biohermal Complex is uppermost unit, Capitanian in age. 11 metres thick, forms slope interrupted by low ledges.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: Marlstone and interbedded shale; yields rubble of grayish orange slabs.
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:41958
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-22 10:34:32 Last modified:2007-09-10 11:48:18
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-22 10:34:32
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]
11197 B. Senowbari-Daryan and J.K. Rigby. 1991. Three additional thalamid sponges from the Upper Permian reefs of Djebel Tebaga (Tunisia). Journal of Paleontology 65(4):623-629 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]