Talagrouna type sect., Talagrouna Fmn., Sample UB213ter (Devonian of Libya)

Where: Libya (26.0° N, 10.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 50.4° S, 5.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Talagrouna Formation, Late/Upper Frasnian (375.2 - 372.1 Ma)

• Formation rests unconformably on Lower Silurian rocks. Dated as Late Frasnian on basis of tentaculites.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; ferruginous sandstone

• Many complete, articulated valves; assemblage interpreted as BA 2, shallow subtidal, normal current activity.
• Formation: "a 20-25 m thick sequence of siltstones interbedded with quartzose sandstones"; this sample: "fine sandstone with ferruginous matrix"

Collection methods: Emphasis of monograph is brachiopods and bivalves. Other elements sometimes mentioned as well.

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 35638: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 01.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Tentaculita
 Volynitida - Dicricoconidae
Dicricoconus libyaensis
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp.
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Autobranchia -
Pterioida indet.
Pterioida indet. Newell 1965 clam
"smooth pectinid"
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora cf. chemungensis
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontida indet.
Bellerophontida indet. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda indet.
Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail
"Mourloniid"
Hyolitha
  -
Hyolitha indet.
Hyolitha indet. Marek 1963
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Leioproductus sp.
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet.
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Cupularostrum sp.
Cupularostrum sp. Sartenaer 1961
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtospirifer "sp. B"
Cyrtospirifer "sp. B" Nalivkin 1924
 Terebratulida - Rhipidiothyrididae
Septothyris boucoti