Where: Libya (27.5° N, 13.1° E: paleocoordinates 53.8° S, 42.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bi'r al Qasr Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)
• Age range of formation is Eifelian to Givetian (ref. 8780). However, the bulk is Eifelian, and the Givetian age applies only to the uppermost beds.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and silty claystone
Primary reference: V. Havlicek and P. Rohlich. 1987. Devonian and Carboniferous brachiopods from the northern flank of the Murzug Basin (Libya). Sbornik Geologickych Ved: Paleontologie 28:117-177 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36181: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 16.01.2004
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Taxonomic list
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