Sandy mudstone, school section X2, Jardas village: Late/Upper Cenomanian, Libya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Tylostomatidae
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Tylostoma cossoni
Thomas and Peron 1889
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia coquandi
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Granocardium sp.
(Gabb 1869)
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| synonym of Trachycardium | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Flaventia brongniartina
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Dosinia delettrei
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Fimbria ? alapetitei
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia limbata
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea dutrugei
(Dutrugei 1862)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ilymatogyra africana
(Lamarck 1801)
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Exogyra olisiponensis
Sharpe 1850
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| recombined as Costagyra olisiponensis | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Libya |
| Coordinates: | 32.3° North, 21.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.2° North, 17.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Cenomanian | Ammonoid zone: | Metoicoceras geslinianum |
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Qasr Al Abid |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic sandy mudstone |
| Lithology description: Glauconitic sandy mudstone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Separate samples are marked on the stratigraphic column, but the species ranges don't align with the samples. Species are grouped by bed instead. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 208627 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-04-07 22:11:32 | Last modified: | 2020-04-07 22:37:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-04-07 22:11:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 72034. | G. I. Abdel-Gawad. 2008. Late Cenomanian ammonites from NE Libya and the western desert of Egypt. Geology of East Libya 3:201-218 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |