Serdeles section, Mrar Formation, Samples RB308 & UB224: Tournaisian, Libya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Setigerites sp.
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
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Chonetacea indet.
Bronn 1862
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| replaced by Chonetoidea | |||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Syringothyrididae
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Septosyringothyris vautrini
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Paurogastroderhynchus serdelesensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella michelini
(L'Eveille 1835)
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Libya |
| Coordinates: | 25.8° North, 10.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° South, 12.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Tournaisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Tournaisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 346.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Marar | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Unit said to be Upper Tournaisian. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | argillaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "[formation] consists of sandstones and greywackes" These samples are explicitly said to come from graywackes. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Interpreted as shallow subtidal | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Emphasis of monograph is brachiopods and bivalves. Other elements sometimes mentioned as well. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 35636 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-01-01 13:11:06 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 14:01:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-01 13:11:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9606. | M. Mergl and D. Massa. 1992. Devonian and Lower Carboniferous brachiopods and bivalves from western Libya. Biostratigraphie du Paleozoique 12:1-115 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] |