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
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Gastropoda | |
Nerinea gemmifera snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Pseudaspidoceras pseudonodosoides Choffat 1898 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya vignesi Lartet 1877 clam | |
Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
Protocardia coquandi cockle | |
Flaventia brongniartina venus clam | |
"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 | |
Neithea dutrugei Dutrugei 1862 scallop |