2180-III-C-1, Marar Fm., Ash Shati area, N. flank of Murzuk Basin (Carboniferous of Libya)
Where: Libya (27.5° N, 14.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 16.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Marar Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone and siltstone
• Mergl and Massa interpret as nearshore marine, BA2-3.
• Formation as a whole: "thick sequence of claystones alternating with siltstones and standstones, in the upper part with limestone and dolomite layers...140-150 m [thick]". This collection: 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 36837: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 17.02.2004
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