Where: Awbari, Libya (26.6° N, 12.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.4° N, 9.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mizdah Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• "unnamed beds" between upper Thala member and lower Mazuzah member.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: L. A. Nessov, V. I. Zhegallo, and A. O. Averianov. 1998. A new locality of Late Cretaceous snakes, mammals and other vertebrates in Africa (western Libya). Annales de Paléontologie 84(3-4):265-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 45725: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Reptilia | |
? Sauropoda indet. sauropod | |
? Theropoda indet. theropod | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Simoliophis libycus n. sp.
Simoliophis libycus n. sp. Nessov et al. 1998 snake | |
Mammalia | |
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal | |
Osteichthyes | |
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish | |
Actinopteri | |
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar | |
Enchodontidae indet. Woodward 1901 | |
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833 | |
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Distobatus sp. Werner 1989 elasmobranch | |
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark | |
Onchopristis sp. Stromer 1917 ray |