Sample 10, section X3, Jardas Fortress (Cretaceous of Libya)

Where: Libya (32.3° N, 21.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 17.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pseudaspidoceras pseudonodosoides ammonoid zone, Al Baniyah Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. I. Abdel-Gawad. 2008. Late Cenomanian ammonites from NE Libya and the western desert of Egypt. Geology of East Libya 3:201-218 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 208636: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Pseudaspidoceras pseudonodosoides Choffat 1898 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya vignesi Lartet 1877 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis, "Pycnodonte vesiculosum" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa
"Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
"Pycnodonte vesiculosum" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea dutrugei Dutrugei 1862 scallop