Where: Libya (30.2° N, 17.2° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 15.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Bu Hashish Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS: From the Dur Bu Hashish Fm, which overlies the Umm ad Dahiy Fm (Rupelian) and is unconformably overlain by the Al Khums Fm. AGE: Late Oligocene, on the basis of microfossil and macrofossil biostratigraphy. THICKNESS: averages 40 m across its range.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, green shale and poorly lithified, white dolomite
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Not stated, possibly multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Primary reference: M. F. Megerisi and V. D. Mamgain. 1980. The Upper Cretaceous-Tertiary Formations of northern Libya: a synthesis. Department of Geological Researches and Mining Bulletin 12:1-85 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77253: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella cf. distincta turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
Crassostrea cf. gryphoides Schlotheim 1813 oyster | |
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Clypeaster biarritzensis sand dollar | |
Amphiope sp. Agassiz 1840 sand dollar | |
Scutella chiesai sand dollar |