Where: Libya (28.1° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 36.3° S, 15.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Marar Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)
• Formation said to be upper Tournaisian, although there seems to be some uncertainty here. Samples from upper part of formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; silty shale and sandstone
Collection methods: Focus of monograph is brachiopods and bivalves, but other elements are sometimes mentioned in passing.
Primary reference: M. Mergl and D. Massa. 1992. Devonian and Lower Carboniferous brachiopods and bivalves from western Libya. Biostratigraphie du Paleozoique 12:1-115 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35627: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 31.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Bellerophontidae indet. M'Coy 1851 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
? Spathella "sp. A" Hall 1885 clam | |
Lingulata | |
Oehlertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Strophomenata | |
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Composita sp. Brown 1849 |