Sample 1, section X1, near well A1-18 (Cretaceous of Libya)

Where: Libya (32.3° N, 21.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 17.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Metoicoceras geslinianum ammonoid zone, Qasr Al Abid Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. I. Abdel-Gawad. 2008. Late Cenomanian ammonites from NE Libya and the western desert of Egypt. Geology of East Libya 3:201-218 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 208626: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Separate samples are marked on the stratigraphic column, but the species ranges don't align with the samples. Species are grouped by bed instead.
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais ? dutrugei
Aporrhais ? dutrugei Coquand 1862 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea gemmifera
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria sp.
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp.
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia aquilina, Anisocardia papieri, Anisocardia cf. papieri
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Flaventia brongniartina, Tapes numidicus, Dosinia delettrei
Tapes numidicus venus clam
Dosinia delettrei venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia coquandi
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp.
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Trigonarca diceras" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras
"Trigonarca diceras" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras Seguenza 1882 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis
"Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
"Neithea coquandi" = Neithea (Neithea) coquandi
"Neithea coquandi" = Neithea (Neithea) coquandi Peron 1877 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Metoicoceras geslinianum, Acanthoceras sp.
Metoicoceras geslinianum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Acanthoceras sp. Neumayr 1875 ammonite