2180-II-B-2, Marar Fm., Ash Shati area, N. flank of Murzuk Basin (Carboniferous of Libya)
Where: Libya (27.5° N, 14.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° S, 17.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Marar Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone and pebbly, argillaceous sandstone
• Mergl and Massa interpret as nearshore marine, BA2-3.
• Formation as a whole: "thick sequence of claystones alternating with siltstones and standstones, in the upper part with limestone and dolomite layers...140-150 m [thick]". This collection: "pebbly greywacke" [specimens hematized]
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 36841: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 17.02.2004
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Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
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| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1797 snail | |
| Crinoidea | |
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
| Strophomenata | |
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Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Brachythyris sp. M'Coy 1844 | |
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Tylothyris sp. North 1920 | |
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Rhipidomella michelini Hall and Clarke 1892 | |