The Acacus Sandstone is a geologic formation in the Ghat District, southwestern Libya. The unit preserves fossils dating back to the Llandovery epoch of the early Silurian period.[ Acacus Sandstone at Fossilworks.org]
Fossil content
The formation has provided the following fossils:
[Plotnick, 1999]
Trilobites
Eurypterids
Invertebrates
Ichnofossils
See also
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Fish Bed Formation, Silurian fossiliferous formations of Scotland
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Lipeón Formation, Silurian fossiliferous unit of Bolivia
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Soom Shale, Late Ordovician Lagerstätte of South Africa
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Bertie Formation, Silurian Lagerstätte of Ontario and New York
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Andean-Saharan glaciation
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