1979-IV-A-6, Quttah Fmn., Ash Shati area, N. flank of Murzuk Basin: Frasnian, Libya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Pseudolingulidae
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Tarutiglossa platyfaba
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Cupularostrum opulentum
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Acastidae
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Asteropyginae indet.
Delo 1935
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Geography
| Country: | Libya |
| Coordinates: | 27.4° North, 13.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° South, 30.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
| Stage: | Frasnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Frasnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Quttah |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | silty claystone |
| Lithology description: Formation in general: "In the typical development, the Formation begins with claystones and silty claystones with thin intercalations of fine-grained quartzite containing the typical trace fossil Bifungites fezzanensis...The upper part...is prevalently...of sst, fine to coarse...fossils have been found in both sst and clayst." | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Bivalves are common, but these are listed by name only for the formation as a whole, not for individual collection. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36198 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-01-16 10:30:01 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 14:01:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-16 10:30:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8780. | 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] |