Tripolitania (Cretaceous of Libya)
Where: Libya (32.8° N, 13.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 11.2° E)
When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. V. Dhondt, N. Malchus, L. Boumaza and E. Jaillaerd. 1999. Cretaceous oysters from North Africa : origin and distribution. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 170(1):67-76 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185659: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.05.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Rastellum sp. Faujas-St.-Fond 1799 oyster | |
Laevigyra obliquata, Ceratostreon flabellatum, Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum, Ilymatogyra africana, Costagyra olisiponensis, ? Gyrostrea delettrei, Curvostrea rouvillei
Laevigyra obliquata oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
? Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862 oyster
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster |