Where: Libya (30.0° N, 17.7° E: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 14.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Qararat Al Jifah Member (Wadi Thamat Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS: From the Qararat Al Jifah Mbr of the Wadi Thamat Fm, which overlies the Thmed Al Qusur (Priabonian) and is overlain by the Umm ad Dahiy Fm (Rupelian). AGE: Priabonian, on the basis of microfossil and macrofossil biostratigraphy. THICKNESS: averages 128 m across its range.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal, brown, white, yellow limestone and lithified, gypsiferous, green, yellow, argillaceous marl
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Not stated, possibly multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Primary reference: M. F. Megerisi and V. D. Mamgain. 1980. The Upper Cretaceous-Tertiary Formations of northern Libya: a synthesis. Department of Geological Researches and Mining Bulletin 12:1-85 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77237: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.01.2008, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Nodosariata | |
Globothalamea | |
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808 | |
Nonionella sp. Cushman 1926 | |
Foraminifera | |
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808 | |
Clavulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
Sagrina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Rostellaria mokattomensis" = Tibia
"Rostellaria mokattomensis" = Tibia true conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Vulsella crispata oyster | |
"Ostrea exogyroides" = Praeexogyra dubiensis
"Ostrea exogyroides" = Praeexogyra dubiensis Contejean 1859 oyster | |
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
Ostrea reili oyster
Ostrea meili oyster
Ostrea cymbula Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Ostracoda | |
Leguminocythereis sp. Howe and Law 1936 ostracod | |
Hermanites sp. Puri 1955 ostracod
Occultocythereis sp. ostracod | |
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod | |
Echinoidea | |
Schizaster aff. batheri heart urchin | |
Echinolampas sp. Gray 1825 sea urchin |