Merbah el Oussif Series, Djebel Tebaga: Wordian - Capitanian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Eotubertina sp.
Palermocrinus jaekeli
Stewartwellerocrinus sp.
Musivocrinus arnouldi
Cyclopagoda sp.
Tubiphytes obscurus Maslov 1956
recombined as Shamovella obscura
Anthozoa - Favositida - Palaeacidae
Microcyathus sp. Hinde 1896
Anthozoa - Favositida - Cleistoporidae
Araeopora cf. ramosa Waagen and Wentzel 1886
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Pentaphyllidae
Hexalasma sp. Soshkina 1928
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
? Bradyphyllum sp. Grabau 1928
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae
Heliospongia finksi n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes tabuliporoides n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Demospongiae - Axinellida - Ceratoporellidae
Preceratoporella tunisiana n. gen., n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Tebagathalamiidae
Paronaespongia adrianensis (Parona 1933)
    = Tebagathalamia cylindrica Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Rigby et al. 1989
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Polytholosia cf. gemina (Waagen and Wentzel 1888)
    = Colospongia cortexifera Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Ascosymplegma oussifensis n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
recombined as Subascosymplegma oussifensis
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Maeandrostiidae
Stylopegma sp.
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Graminospongia girtyi (Parona 1933)
    = Heptatubispongia symmetrica Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2007
Precorynella sp. Dieci et al. 1968
Precorynella crysanthemum (Parona 1933)
Imperatoria marconii de Gregorio 1930
    = Imperatoria voluta Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae
Stellispongia bacilla Termier and Termier 1955
recombined as Stellispongiella bacilla
Stellispongiella insculpta Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Part of specimens originally described as S. bacilla by Termier & Termier (pl 7, fig 1)
Stellispongia lobata Parona 1933
recombined as Prestellispongia lobata
Stellispongia permica Parona 1933
recombined as Prestellispongia permica
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Guadalupia cylindrica Girty 1908
recombined as Lemonea cylindrica
Racemina conica Termier and Termier 1977
recombined as Cystothalamia conica
Cystothalamia insolita n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
synonym of Cystauletes mammilosus
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Girtyocoelia sp. Cossman 1909
    = Girtyocoelia beedei Girty 1909
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Sollasia dussaulti Mansuy 1914
synonym of Sollasia ostiolata
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Auriculospongia auriculata (Termier and Termier 1955)
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
? Preverticillites sp. Parona 1933
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Polyedridae
Polyedra tebagensis Termier and Termier 1955
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Spicidae
Spica spica n. gen., n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Fistulispongina elegans n. gen., n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
synonym of Spica spica
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Preverticillites columnella Parona 1933
    = Polycystocoelia cf. huajiaopingensis Zhang 1983
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Amblysiphonella protea n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
synonym of Laccosiphonella merlai
Pseudoguadalupia alveolaris (Parona 1933)
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae
Preeudea minima n. gen., n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Virgula osiensis (de Gregorio 1930)
recombined as Intratubospongia osiensis
Virgula bifida Parona 1933
    = Intratubospongia osiensis de Gregorio 1930
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Virgula sp. Girty 1908
    = Intratubospongia osiensis de Gregorio 1930
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Exotubispongiidae
Graminospongia sp. Termier and Termier 1977
    = Graminospongia girtyi Parona 1933
Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
    = Exotubispongia pustulata Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Disjectoporidae
Tabulatispongia stromatoporoides n. gen., n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Cyclotrypa sp. Ulrich 1896
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa cf. parva Morozova 1965
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Paucipora sp. Termier and Termier 1971
Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Leptodus nobilis (Waagen 1883)
Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Cyclacantharia cf. kingorum Cooper and Grant 1969
Strophomenata - Productida - Hercosiidae
Coscinarina communis (Gemmellaro 1894)
    = Sicularia sicula Gemmellaro 1894
Verna and Angiolini 2010
Strophomenata - Productida - Gemmellaroiidae
Gemmellaroia marii (Gemmellaro 1894)
Strophomenata - Productida - Cooperinidae
Cooperina cf. inexpectata Termier et al. 1966
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
? Camarophoria humbletonensis (Howse 1848)
recombined as Stenoscisma humbletonensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Permophricodothyris sp. Pavlova 1965
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris opalinus n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo tebagaensis (Termier and Termier 1959)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula alta Termier and Termier 1959
recombined as Nuculopsis alta
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Monopteria sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
    = ? Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883
Boyd and Newell 1979
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Micheliopsis lapparenti n. gen., n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Zygopleura numidis n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Hypselentoma memmiae n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites regulatus Moore 1941
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon daubenyi Gemmellaro 1889
recombined as Mogulia daubenyi
Bucanopsis solignaci n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
recombined as Retispira solignaci
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Crinoidea
Cyclocrista goliathus
Ascidiacea - Khmeriamorpha - Khmeriidae
Permosoma permotessellata (Parona 1933)
synonym of Permosoma tunicatum
Sponge
unclassified
Palaeonubecularia sp. Reitlinger 1950
Pachyphloiidae
Pachyphloia sp. Lange 1925
Biseriamminidae
Globivalvulina gracea
Ammodiscidae
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Hemigordiopsis renzi
unclassified
Osagia sp. Twenhofel 1919
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Fragments
Parachaetetes lamellatus Konishi 1954
Rhodophyceae - Gymnocodiaceae
Permocalculus fragilis (Pia 1937)
Not abundant
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Diploporaceae
Velebitella sp. Kochansky-Devidé 1964
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Gymnocodium bellerophontis (Rothpletz 1894)
original and current combination Gyroporella bellerophontis
Mizzia velebitana Schubert 1908
Mizzia yabei (Karpinsky 1908)
original and current combination Stolleyella yabei
unclassified
Scutularia cf. textilis Mansuy 1914
? Paronaespongia cf. calogerii (Parona 1933)
see common names

Geography
Country:Tunisia State/province:Madanin
Coordinates: 33.4° North, 10.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.9° South, 18.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Wordian - Capitanian
Age range of interval:266.90000 - 259.51000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Merbah el Oussif Series is a member or formation-level stratigraphic subdivision, but no details are given and it is difficult to correlate to the units established by Newell et al. (1976). If this is above the Baten beni Zid Series (as suggested in the paper), it is Capitanian, but there are many structural complications according to Newell (1976). Includes three units: Sponge marls, small biomicrite banks, and Parachaetetes marls.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Secondary lithology: "carbonate"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Fossils collected over wide area of Djebel Tebaga.
Metadata
Database number:42092
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, M. Clapham, W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Clapham, W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:42093, 42094, 42095
Created:2004-07-23 11:22:11 Last modified:2004-07-23 15:30:13
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-23 11:22:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11209. 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]

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]
12752 J. K. Rigby, J. Fan, and W. Zhang. 1989. Sphinctozoan sponges from the Permian reefs of South China. Journal of Paleontology 63(4):404-439 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]
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]
11908 B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1990. Die systematische Stellung der thalamiden Schwämme und ihre Bedeutung in der Erdgeschichte. Münchener Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A 21:5-326 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]
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]
37570 B. Senowbari-Daryan and J. K. Rigby. 2007. Hikorocodium Endo is not an alga but an inozoid sponge. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:149-154 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
27699 H. Termier and G. Termier. 1977. Paléontologie des Invertébrés, in Monographie paléontologique des affleurements permiens du Djebel Tebaga (Sud Tunisien). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 156(1-3):25-99 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
35690 V. Verna and L. Angiolini. 2010. Taxonomic names, in Guadalupian brachiopods from Djebel Tebaga de Medenine, south Tunisia. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 116(3):309-349 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]