A3, Oum el Afia escarpment (FS-74-T-1) (Permian of Tunisia)
Where: Qabis, Tunisia (33.4° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 18.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Capitanian (265.0 - 259.0 Ma)
• Difficult to correlate to main Djebel Tebaga escarpment. Collection likely derived from bed 3 - 3 metres thick.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
• Bed 3, which likely contains the collection, is "limestone, dolomitic and sandstone".
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41890: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.07.2004