Where: Ajdabiya, Libya (28.9° N, 18.9° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 14.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gata Member (Wadi Tamet Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• The Gata member is made up predominantly of bioclastic limestones, chalk limestones, clayey limestones, and marlstones with few intercalations of dolomitized limestones. It has a thickness of 70-80 m (230-262 ft).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: No detailed collection data reported.

Primary reference: E. E. Tawadros. 2001. Geology of Egypt and Libya 1-468 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 42129: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2004

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