Slonta Limestone (Eocene of Libya)

Where: Libya (32.6° N, 21.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 17.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Slonta Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• The Slonta Formation consists of beige-white, hard or porous limestones, in places chalky and cavernous with some chalky marls. At its type section the Eocene section is 60 m (197 ft) thick. The collection is from the lower part of the formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, white limestone

• No paleoenvironmental data provided.
• Beige-white, hard or porous limestones, in places chalky and cavernous with some chalky marls.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

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 42139: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Collection based on taxa listed in text as typical of formation. Include echinodermata and foraminifera. Page 279.
Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
"Archaeolithothamnion maughini" = Sporolithon
"Archaeolithothamnion maughini" = Sporolithon
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
"Textularia agglutinans" = Textularia jurassica
"Textularia agglutinans" = Textularia jurassica Guembel 1862
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Echinoidea
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae