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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Precorynella crysanthemum (Parona 1933)
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae
Himatella meandrina Termier and Termier 1977
synonym of Pseudohimatella pauciporata
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae
Stellispongia lobata Parona 1933
recombined as Prestellispongia lobata
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Zygopleura numidis n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Micheliopsis lapparenti n. gen., n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon daubenyi Gemmellaro 1889
recombined as Mogulia daubenyi
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo tebagaensis (Termier and Termier 1959)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
? Claraia posidoniformis n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Neophricadothyris sp. Likharev 1934
synonym of Phricodothyris
Written Neophrycodothyris in taxonomic list
unclassified
Scutularia textilis Mansuy 1914
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: Upper unit of Merbah el Oussif Series, 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).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
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:42095
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:42092
Created:2004-07-23 11:22:32 Last modified:2004-07-23 15:32:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-23 11:22:32
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]