Where: Libya (31.9° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 12.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Rossi Ronchetti. 1955. Revisione della fauna neocretacica della Libia: coralli, fam. Smilotrochidae, Caryophylliidae, Parasmiliidae, Eupsammidae [Revision of the Cretaceous fauna from Libya: corals, fam. Smilotrochidae, Caryophylliidae, Parasmiliidae, Eupsammidae]. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 61(3):101-123 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87599: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.03.2009

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