Where: Libya (31.9° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 12.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• 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 87561: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.03.2009
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Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
Trochocyathus sp., Trochocyathus aff. harveyanus, "Trochocyathus desioi n. sp." = Trochocyathus lakii, "Coelosmilia laxa" = Desmophyllum excavatum, "Dungulia milneri" = Smilotrochus milneri, "Parasmilia granulata" = Parasmilia centralis, Ceratotrochus supracretacea, Caryophyllia cf. laevigata, "Caryophyllia konincki" = Caryophyllia konincki, "Caryophyllia antonibensis" = Caryophyllia konincki
Trochocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Trochocyathus aff. harveyanus Fromentel 1859 stony coral
"Trochocyathus desioi n. sp." = Trochocyathus lakii Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Coelosmilia laxa" = Desmophyllum excavatum Hagenow 1839 stony coral
"Dungulia milneri" = Smilotrochus milneri Gregory 1898 stony coral
"Parasmilia granulata" = Parasmilia centralis Mantell 1822 stony coral
Ceratotrochus supracretacea Hennig 1899 stony coral
Caryophyllia cf. laevigata stony coral
"Caryophyllia konincki" = Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Caryophyllia antonibensis" = Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |