Where: Libya (28.1° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° S, 32.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Aouinet Ouenine II Formation, Givetian to Givetian (387.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• Formation said to be "Givetian s.l. and basal Frasnian". Samples in upper part of formation. Authors suggest late Givetian to early Frasnian age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone
Collection methods: Focus of monograph is brachiopods and bivalves, but other elements are sometimes mentioned in passing.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35615: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 31.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Myalinella sp." = Myalina (Myalinella)
"Myalinella sp." = Myalina (Myalinella) Newell 1942 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Cupularostrum sp. Sartenaer 1961 | |
Strophomenata | |
Devonochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962 | |
"Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852 | |
Productida indet. Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959 | |
Bryozoa | |
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Trilobita | |
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite | |
Greenops sp. Delo 1935 trilobite | |
Anthozoa | |
Rugosa indet. horn coral |