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 | |
Astreopora decaphylla Reuss 1868 stony coral | |
Stylophora parvistella Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Stylophora thirsiformis Michelotti 1847 stony coral | |
Madracis decaphylla stony coral
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral | |
"Athecastraea maradahensis n. sp." = Heliastrea (Athecastraea), Heliastrea mellahica
| |
Leptomussa sp. d'Archiardi 1867 stony coral | |
Antiguastrea parva, Antiguastrea hufrahensis n. sp., Tarbellastraea sp., Anisocoenia sp., Monticulastraea sp., Hydnophora pulchra, Hydnophyllia oligocaenica
Antiguastrea parva stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Anisocoenia sp. Reuss 1867 stony coral
Monticulastraea sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
Hydnophora pulchra Michelotti 1871 stony coral
Hydnophyllia oligocaenica stony coral | |
Nerthastraea orbignyi Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Stylocora sp. Reuss 1871 stony coral
Dictyoastraea sp. Michelotti 1871 stony coral
Defrancia irregularis Defrance 1826 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 | |
Agathiphyllia gregaria Catullo 1852 stony coral | |
Agathelia sp. Reuss 1854 stony coral |