Oudjah el Rhar Series, Marly basal unit, Djebel Tebaga (Permian of Tunisia)

Also known as "Calcaires a Bellerophon"

Where: Madanin, Tunisia (33.4° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° S, 18.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Capitanian (265.1 - 259.9 Ma)

• The calcaires a Bellerophon are one of the upper units in the area, and are definitely Capitanian.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• Fossils collected over wide area of Djebel Tebaga.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42097: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
Glomospirella sp. Plummer 1945
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
 Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae
Agathammina sp. Neumayr 1887
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Neoschwagerinidae
Neoschwagerina fusiformis Skinner and Wilde 1967
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Chusenella rabatei Skinner and Wilde 1967
 Fusulinoidea - Boultoniidae
 Palaeotextularoidea - Biseriamminidae
 Fusulinina - Pachyphloiidae
Pachyphloia sp. Lange 1925
Osagia
  -
Osagia sp. Twenhofel 1919
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Fragments
  - Gymnocodiaceae
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
 Dasycladales - Diploporaceae
Velebitella sp. Kochansky-Devidé 1964
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Mizzia velebitana Schubert 1908
Gyroporella sp. Gümbel 1872
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Hikorocodium elegantae Endo 1951 demosponge
Shamovella
  -
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Popanoceratidae
"Popanoceras multistriatum" = Neopopanoceras multistriatum
"Popanoceras multistriatum" = Neopopanoceras multistriatum Gemmellaro 1887 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Strigogoniatites cf. angulatus Haniel 1915 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Agathiceras suessi Gemmellaro 1887 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae
Stacheoceras (Waagenina) sp. Gemmellaro 1887 ammonite
"Peritrochia darae" = Stacheoceras darae Gemmellaro 1887 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Soleniscus avellanoides de Koninck 1863 snail
Cylindritopsis ovalis Gemmellaro 1889 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Micheliopsis lapparenti n. gen. n. sp.
Micheliopsis lapparenti n. gen. n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977 snail
 Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae
Trachyspira delphinuloides Gemmellaro 1889 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bucanopsis solignaci n. sp." = Retispira solignaci, "Bellerophon daubenyi" = Mogulia daubenyi
"Bucanopsis solignaci n. sp." = Retispira solignaci Termier and Termier 1977 snail
"Bellerophon daubenyi" = Mogulia daubenyi Gemmellaro 1889 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites regulatus Moore 1941 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
Palaeostylus pupoides Mansuy 1914 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pectinida - Prospondylidae
Paleowaagia cooperi Newell and Boyd 1970 scallop
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella gemmifera Termier and Termier 1959 clam
 Unionida - Pachycardiidae
? Cardinioides sp. Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1952 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes sp. Waldheim 1825
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson noinskyi Shishova 1964
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
"Tabulipora cf. chaetetiformis" = Stenodiscus chaetetiformis
"Tabulipora cf. chaetetiformis" = Stenodiscus chaetetiformis Waagen and Wentzel 1886
Echinoidea
  - Archaeocidaridae
Scutularia textilis
  -
Scutularia textilis Mansuy 1914