Where: Libya (27.5° N, 13.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° S, 38.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Idri Formation, Late/Upper Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)
• Age range of formation is Givetian to early Frasnian. This assemblage, from the middle of the formation, is thought to be late Givetian.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, shelly/skeletal sandstone
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 35628: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 01.01.2004, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851 snail | |
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail | |
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Bivalvia | |
Lyriopecten sp. Hall 1877 scallop | |
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster | |
Spathella sp. Hall 1885 clam
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Tropidoleptus carinatus Conrad 1839 | |
Mucrospirifer cf. mucronatus Conrad 1841 | |
Trilobita | |
Dipleura sp. Green 1832 trilobite |