Oudjah el Rhar Series, Marly basal unit, Djebel Tebaga: Capitanian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Eoclypeina sp.
Tetraxis sp.
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Diploporaceae
Velebitella sp. Kochansky-Devidé 1964
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Pseudoepimastopora pertunda Endo 1960
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Mizzia velebitana Schubert 1908
Gyroporella sp. Gümbel 1872
Schwagerinidae
Chusenella rabatei Skinner and Wilde 1967
Boultoniidae
Dunbarula mathieui Ciry 1948
Neoschwagerinidae
Neoschwagerina fusiformis Skinner and Wilde 1967
Biseriamminidae
Globivalvulina graeca
Pachyphloiidae
Pachyphloia sp. Lange 1925
Ammodiscidae
Glomospirella sp. Plummer 1945
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae
Agathammina sp. Neumayr 1887
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Cornuspira sp. Schultze 1854
Hemigordiopsis renzi
Hemigordius sp. Schubert 1908
Calcivertella sp.
unclassified
Osagia sp. Twenhofel 1919
Rhodophyceae - Gymnocodiaceae
Permocalculus plumosus
Permocalculus fragilis (Pia 1937)
Very abundant
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes lamellatus Konishi 1954
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Fragments
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Hikorocodium elegantae Endo 1951
unclassified
Tubiphytes obscurus Maslov 1956
recombined as Shamovella obscura
Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae
Archaeocidaris barroisi
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Cylindritopsis ovalis Gemmellaro 1889
Soleniscus avellanoides (de Koninck 1863)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Micheliopsis lapparenti n. gen., n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
Palaeostylus pupoides Mansuy 1914
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae
Trachyspira delphinuloides Gemmellaro 1889
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bucanopsis solignaci n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
recombined as Retispira solignaci
Bellerophon daubenyi Gemmellaro 1889
recombined as Mogulia daubenyi
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites regulatus Moore 1941
Bivalvia - Unionida - Pachycardiidae
? Cardinioides sp. Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1952
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella gemmifera Termier and Termier 1959
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon cf. rectangulus Mansuy 1914
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Prospondylidae
Paleowaagia cooperi Newell and Boyd 1970
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Agathiceras suessi Gemmellaro 1887
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Popanoceratidae
Popanoceras multistriatum Gemmellaro 1887
recombined as Neopopanoceras multistriatum
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Strigogoniatites cf. angulatus (Haniel 1915)
original and current combination Glyphioceras angulatum
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae
Stacheoceras (Waagenina) sp. Gemmellaro 1887
Peritrochia darae (Gemmellaro 1887)
original and current combination Stacheoceras darae
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes sp. Waldheim 1825
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Permophricodothyris inaequilateralis (Gemmellaro 1899)
Permophricodothyris affinis (Gemmellaro 1899)
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson noinskyi Shishova 1964
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Tabulipora cf. chaetetiformis (Waagen and Wentzel 1886)
recombined as Stenodiscus chaetetiformis
unclassified
Scutularia textilis Mansuy 1914
see common names

Geography
Country:Tunisia State/province:Madanin
Coordinates: 33.4° North, 10.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.6° South, 18.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: The calcaires a Bellerophon are one of the upper units in the area, and are definitely Capitanian.
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
Also known as:"Calcaires a Bellerophon"
Database number:42097
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-23 11:22:36 Last modified:2004-07-23 14:22:36
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-23 11:22:36
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]