Where: Libya (28.8° N, 17.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° N, 13.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Zallah Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• The name Zallah Formation was proposed to include the units Tmed El Ksour and Graret ek Jifa members of the Wadi Tamet Formation in Burollet. The Zella Series comprises from bottom to top: 1) marls and sandstones with gypsum intercalations; 2) sandy marls, green glauconitic marls; 3) sandy marls, brecciated, red with phosphatic nodules, and calcareous marl conglomerates; 5) basalts.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sandy marl and glauconitic, green marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: No detailed collection data reported.
Primary reference: E. E. Tawadros. 2001. Geology of Egypt and Libya 1-468 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 42134: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus leonei" = Eutrephoceras leonei
"Nautilus leonei" = Eutrephoceras leonei Negri 1934 nautiloid | |
Bivalvia | |
Carolia cymbalea scallop
Carolia placunoides Cantraine 1838 scallop | |
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata, Ostrea praehongirostris, Ostrea reili, "Ostrea clotbeyi" = Alectryonia clotbeyi
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
Ostrea praehongirostris oyster
"Ostrea clotbeyi" = Alectryonia clotbeyi Bellardi 1854 oyster Listed as "Alectryonia (Ostrea) clotbyei". Changed to Ostrea to be consistent within reference.
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