Susah-Shahhat road cut (Oligocene of Libya)
Where: Benghazi, Libya (32.8° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.7° N, 19.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Al Bayda Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: slope or ramp reef; limestone
• Algal limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: H.S. Hassan and A.M. Muftah. 2008. Lithofacies study of Al Bayda Formation, Al Jabal al Akhdar, NE Libya. Geology of East Libya 1:337-344 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 221518: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 10.08.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Sporolithon brevium Aguirre and Bragga 1998 | |