Also known as Reef 1600
Where: Libya (29.8° N, 18.1° E: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 15.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Um ad Dahiy Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• Age given as Rupelian but many Chattian and lower Miocene corals are also present.
•Rupelian age confirmed by Imam and Galmed (2000). PJW: Was Umm ad Dahiy
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite
Collection methods: Only corals
Primary reference: J. Hladil, J. Otava, and A. Galle. 1991. Oligocene carbonate buildups of the Sirt Basin, Libya. Salem, M.J., Hammuda, O.S., Eliagoubi, B.A. (eds.): The Geology of Libya, Volume 4 1401-1420 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 10964: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 08.07.2001, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Agathelia sp. Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Leptomussa sp. d'Archiardi 1867 stony coral | |
Heliastrea mellahica, "Athecastraea maradahensis n. sp." = Heliastrea (Athecastraea)
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Nerthastraea orbignyi Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Defrancia irregularis Defrance 1826 stony coral
Dictyoastraea sp. Michelotti 1871 stony coral
Stylocora sp. Reuss 1871 stony coral | |
Hydnophyllia oligocaenica, Monticulastraea sp., Anisocoenia sp., Hydnophora pulchra, Antiguastrea parva, Antiguastrea hufrahensis n. sp., Tarbellastraea sp.
Hydnophyllia oligocaenica stony coral
Monticulastraea sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
Anisocoenia sp. Reuss 1867 stony coral
Hydnophora pulchra Michelotti 1871 stony coral
Antiguastrea parva stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Agathiphyllia gregaria Catullo 1852 stony coral | |
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral | |
Stylophora thirsiformis Michelotti 1847 stony coral
Stylophora parvistella Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Astreopora decaphylla Reuss 1868 stony coral | |
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Madracis decaphylla stony coral | |
"Thegioastraea variabilis" = Diploastrea variabilis, "Thegioastraea taurinensis" = Diploastrea taurinensis
"Thegioastraea variabilis" = Diploastrea variabilis Sismonda 1871 stony coral
"Thegioastraea taurinensis" = Diploastrea taurinensis d'Achiardi 1868 stony coral |