Where: Libya (27.5° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° S, 23.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Tarut Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)
• "The age of the Tarut Fm. is only poorly documented by fossils...[pollen and conodonts discussed]"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; ferruginous claystone and sandstone
Primary reference: V. Havlicek and P. Rohlich. 1987. Devonian and Carboniferous brachiopods from the northern flank of the Murzug Basin (Libya). Sbornik Geologickych Ved: Paleontologie 28:117-177 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36828: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 17.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam | |
Sphenotus sp. Hall 1884 clam | |
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster |