Also known as Giado, Jamnawan, Jadu
Where: Yafran, Libya (31.9° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 12.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cabao Formation, Hauterivian to Hauterivian (132.9 - 125.0 Ma)
• time-transgressive unit, lower part of formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, fine-grained, medium, ferruginous, gray, yellow, conglomeratic sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: salvage, quarrying,
Primary reference: A. Y. El-Zouki. 1980. Stratigraphy and lithofacies of the continental clastics (Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous) of Jabal Nafüsah, NW Libya. In M. J. Salem, M. T. Busrewil (eds.), The Geology of Libya. Second Symposium on the Geology of Libya, Held at Tripoli, September 16-21, 1978. Academic Press, London 2:393-417 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69791: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Coelacanthimorpha | |
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Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
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