Where: Libya (28.1° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° S, 30.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Aouinet Ouenine III Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• Formation said to be "Frasnian s.l.". Top of formation contains nodular limestone with conodonts that indicate Frasnian-Famennian transition.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone 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 35620: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 31.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculidae indet. Gray 1824 nut clam | |
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Strophomenata | |
Rhynchonellata | |