Where: Libya (28.1° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 36.3° S, 15.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Tahara Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)
• Top of formation. Assemblage interpreted as Lower Tournaisian.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and siltstone
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 35624: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 31.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Bellerophontidae indet. M'Coy 1851 snail |