Also known as Cirenaica
Where: Libya (31.2° N, 22.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 19.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• uppermost Campanian - Maastrichtian
Environment/lithology: lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. V. Dhondt, N. Malchus, L. Boumaza and E. Jaillaerd. 1999. Cretaceous oysters from North Africa : origin and distribution. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 170(1):67-76 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 185660: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.05.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
Ambigostrea villei, ? Ambigostrea bretoni, ? Ambigostrea tripolitana, "Agerostrea ungulata" = Agerostrea ungulatus
Ambigostrea villei Coquand 1862 oyster
? Ambigostrea bretoni Peron and Thomas 1891 oyster
? Ambigostrea tripolitana Krumbeck 1906 oyster
"Agerostrea ungulata" = Agerostrea ungulatus Böhm 1891 oyster | |
Gyrostrea verneuili, Gyrostrea cellae, Gyrostrea sp., Gryphaeostrea canaliculata, Ceratostreon pliciferum, Amphidonte pyrenaicum, Exogyra overwegi, Pycnodonte vesicularis
Gyrostrea verneuili oyster
Gyrostrea cellae oyster
Gyrostrea sp. Mirkamalov 1963 oyster
Gryphaeostrea canaliculata Sowerby 1813 oyster
Ceratostreon pliciferum Dujardin 1837 oyster
Amphidonte pyrenaicum Leymerie 1851 oyster
Exogyra overwegi von Buch 1852 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
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Oscillopha dichotoma Bayle 1849 oyster
Nicaisolopha nicaisei Coquand 1862 oyster | |