Where: Libya (27.7° N, 14.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° S, 24.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tarut Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)
• "The age of the Tarut Fm. is only poorly documented by fossils...[pollen and conodonts discussed]"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; ferruginous claystone and ferruginous siltstone
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 36827: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 17.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847 |