Where: Libya (28.1° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° S, 34.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Aouinet Ouenine II Formation, Early/Lower Frasnian (383.7 - 382.4 Ma)
• Formation said to be "Givetian s.l. and basal Frasnian". Samples in uppermost part of formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained sandstone
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 35619: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 31.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Strophomenata | |
Dichacaenia sp. Cooper and Dutro 1982 | |
Leptaena borghiana Mergl and Massa 1992 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Gastropoda | |
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Loxonematidae indet. Koken 1889 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam | |
Lyriopecten sp. Hall 1877 scallop | |
Actinodesma erectum oyster
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
"Leiopteria cf. dekayi" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster | |
Sphenotus sp. Hall 1884 clam | |
Trilobita | |
Greenops sp. Delo 1935 trilobite |