Where: Libya (31.9° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 12.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Rossi Ronchetti. 1955. Revisione della fauna neocretacica della Libia: coralli, fam. Smilotrochidae, Caryophylliidae, Parasmiliidae, Eupsammidae [Revision of the Cretaceous fauna from Libya: corals, fam. Smilotrochidae, Caryophylliidae, Parasmiliidae, Eupsammidae]. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 61(3):101-123 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87599: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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"Cyclolites krumbecki" = Cunnolites polymorphus2
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"Parasmilia cf. cylindracea" = Parasmilia centralis, "Trochocyathus libycus n. sp." = Trochocyathus lakii
"Parasmilia cf. cylindracea" = Parasmilia centralis Mantell 1822 stony coral
"Trochocyathus libycus n. sp." = Trochocyathus lakii Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
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