Zelten Fm well D2-95 10408'-10415' (Paleocene of Libya)

Where: Ajdabiya, Libya (29.3° N, 20.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.0° N, 16.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Zelten Formation (Jabal Zelten Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• Thanetian age is based on presence of forams Planorotalites compressa, Subbotina velasconensis, Subbotina triloculinoides and Morozovella acuta as well as the algae Distichoplax biserialis

Environment/lithology: sand shoal; grainstone

• Shoal, with lagoonal influence, close to an organic buildup
• Coral and algal-bearing foraminiferal grainstone, microfacies consists of foraminifers in the form of Discocyclina sp. and Nummulites sp. with some smaller benthic foraminifers, including miliolids; foraminifera commonly preserved intact; common shredded pieces of algal material; also some encrusting corals of scleractinian type, in part appears to have formed in place; some also contain echinoderm debris and bivalve shell fragments

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by A. M. Muftah

• Repository: Geological Laboratory of Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO)

Primary reference: A. M. Muftah. 2010. Distichoplax biserialis (Dietrich) from Sirt Basin, Libya. Journal of Science and Its Applications 4(1):85-92 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214667: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 12.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia "indet."
Scleractinia "indet." Bourne 1900 stony coral
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida -
Miliolida "indet."
Miliolida "indet." Lankester 1885
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites sp.
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
Discocyclina sp.