Locality B25, Kef en Nsouri, Djebel Tebaga: Capitanian, Tunisia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
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Martinioidea indet.
Waagen 1883
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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? Tambanella sp.
Nakazawa and Newell 1968
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Boyd and Newell 1979 | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Stellispongiellidae
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Prestellispongia paula n. gen., n. sp.
Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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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 | Foram zone: | Yabeina - Lepidolina |
| Age range of interval: | 264.28000 - 259.51000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Djebel Tebaga | Member: | Upper Biohermal Complex | ||
| Local section: | Jebel Tebaga B | Local bed: | 25 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Presence of Yabeina and Lepidolina in upper Djebel Tebaga Biohermal Complex suggests Capitanian age. 3.4 metres thick, including 25A and 25B. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,green,yellow "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | brown dolomite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: 25B (3 m), shale, green to yellowish brown. 25A (0.4 m), dolomite, light brown, massive. | |
| 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:Includes sponges and bivalves; other groups are undescribed. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 200 | ||
| Database number: | 41662 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Bottjer | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-19 13:50:03 | Last modified: | 2019-09-11 17:01:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-19 13:50:03 |
| 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:
| 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] | |
| 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] |