Where: Libya (27.5° N, 14.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 62.6° S, 3.2° E (Wright 2013)
• 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
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
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
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Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835 | |
Athyris lamellosa Léveillé 1835 | |
Brachythyris sp. M'Coy 1844 | |
Tylothyris sp. North 1920 | |
Strophomenata | |
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904 | |