Merbah el Oussif Series, Djebel Tebaga (Permian to of Tunisia)

Where: Madanin, Tunisia (33.4° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 18.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wordian to Wordian (268.8 - 259.9 Ma)

• 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.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl and carbonate

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 42092: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.07.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
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Palaeonubecularia sp. Reitlinger 1950
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Foraminifera
 Palaeotextularoidea - Biseriamminidae
 Fusulinina - Pachyphloiidae
Pachyphloia sp. Lange 1925
Osagia
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Osagia sp. Twenhofel 1919
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Fragments
  - Gymnocodiaceae
Permocalculus fragilis Pia 1937
Not abundant
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Diploporaceae
Velebitella sp. Kochansky-Devidé 1964
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
"Mizzia yabei" = Stolleyella yabei, Mizzia velebitana, "Gymnocodium bellerophontis" = Gyroporella bellerophontis
"Mizzia yabei" = Stolleyella yabei Karpinsky 1908
Mizzia velebitana Schubert 1908
"Gymnocodium bellerophontis" = Gyroporella bellerophontis Rothpletz 1894
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
"Sollasia dussaulti" = Sollasia ostiolata, Girtyocoelia beedei4
"Sollasia dussaulti" = Sollasia ostiolata Steinmann 1882 demosponge
Girtyocoelia beedei4 Girty 1909 demosponge
 Agelasida - Maeandrostiidae
Stylopegma sp. demosponge
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Pseudoguadalupia alveolaris Parona 1933 demosponge
Polycystocoelia cf. huajiaopingensis4 Zhang 1983 demosponge
"Amblysiphonella protea n. sp." = Laccosiphonella merlai Parona 1933 demosponge
 Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Imperatoria voluta3 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
Precorynella sp. Dieci et al. 1968 demosponge
Precorynella crysanthemum Parona 1933 demosponge
Heptatubispongia symmetrica5 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
 Agelasida - Exotubispongiidae
Exotubispongia pustulata3 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
 Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae
Stellispongiella insculpta3, "Stellispongia bacilla" = Stellispongiella bacilla, "Stellispongia lobata" = Prestellispongia lobata, "Stellispongia permica" = Prestellispongia permica
Stellispongiella insculpta3 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 demosponge
Part of specimens originally described as S. bacilla by Termier & Termier (pl 7, fig 1)
"Stellispongia bacilla" = Stellispongiella bacilla Termier and Termier 1955 demosponge
"Stellispongia lobata" = Prestellispongia lobata Parona 1933 demosponge
"Stellispongia permica" = Prestellispongia permica Parona 1933 demosponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
? Preverticillites sp. Parona 1933 demosponge
 Agelasida - Polyedridae
Polyedra tebagensis Termier and Termier 1955 demosponge
 Agelasida - Spicidae
"Spica spica n. gen. n. sp." = Spica spica, "Fistulispongina elegans n. gen. n. sp." = Spica spica
"Spica spica n. gen. n. sp." = Spica spica Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
"Fistulispongina elegans n. gen. n. sp." = Spica spica Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
 Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Auriculospongia auriculata Termier and Termier 1955 demosponge
 Agelasida - Virgolidae
Preeudea minima n. gen. n. sp., "Virgula osiensis" = Intratubospongia osiensis, "Intratubospongia osiensis" = Intratubospongia osiensis3
Preeudea minima n. gen. n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
"Virgula osiensis" = Intratubospongia osiensis de Gregorio 1930 demosponge
"Intratubospongia osiensis" = Intratubospongia osiensis3 de Gregorio 1930 demosponge
 Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
"Cystothalamia insolita n. sp." = Cystauletes mammilosus, "Guadalupia cylindrica" = Lemonea cylindrica, "Racemina conica" = Cystothalamia conica
"Cystothalamia insolita n. sp." = Cystauletes mammilosus King 1943 demosponge
"Guadalupia cylindrica" = Lemonea cylindrica Girty 1908 demosponge
"Racemina conica" = Cystothalamia conica Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
 Axinellida - Ceratoporellidae
Preceratoporella tunisiana n. gen. n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
 Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae
Heliospongia finksi n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Tebagathalamiidae
Tebagathalamia cylindrica2 Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia cortexifera4, "Ascosymplegma oussifensis n. sp." = Subascosymplegma oussifensis
Colospongia cortexifera4 Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
"Ascosymplegma oussifensis n. sp." = Subascosymplegma oussifensis Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes tabuliporoides n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
Disjectoporidae
  - Disjectoporidae
Tabulatispongia stromatoporoides n. gen. n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
 Stauriida - Pentaphyllidae
Hexalasma sp. Soshkina 1928 horn coral
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
? Bradyphyllum sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
 Favositida - Cleistoporidae
Araeopora cf. ramosa Waagen and Wentzel 1886 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Palaeacidae
Microcyathus sp. Hinde 1896 tabulate coral
Shamovella
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"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Zygopleura numidis n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Micheliopsis lapparenti n. gen. n. sp.
Micheliopsis lapparenti n. gen. n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940 snail
Hypselentoma memmiae n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977 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
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
? Leptodesma sp.1 Hall 1883 oyster
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula alta" = Nuculopsis alta
"Nucula alta" = Nuculopsis alta Termier and Termier 1959 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo tebagaensis Termier and Termier 1959 clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Cooperinidae
Cooperina cf. inexpectata Termier et al. 1966
 Productida - Hercosiidae
Sicularia sicula6 Gemmellaro 1894
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
Cyclacantharia cf. kingorum Cooper and Grant 1969
 Productida - Gemmellaroiidae
Gemmellaroia marii Gemmellaro 1894
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Leptodus nobilis Waagen 1883
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"? Camarophoria humbletonensis" = Stenoscisma humbletonensis
"? Camarophoria humbletonensis" = Stenoscisma humbletonensis Howse 1848
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris opalinus n. sp. Termier and Termier 1977
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Cyclotrypa sp. Ulrich 1896
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Paucipora sp. Termier and Termier 1971
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa cf. parva Morozova 1965
Crinoidea
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Ascidiacea
 Khmeriamorpha - Khmeriidae
"Permosoma permotessellata" = Permosoma tunicatum
"Permosoma permotessellata" = Permosoma tunicatum Jaekel 1918 sea squirt
Sponge
Scutularia textilis
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Paronaespongia calogerii
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