Dur At-Talah (west of the escarpment) - DT-Loc.24 (Eocene to of Libya)

Also known as Dur at Talhah; Dor-El-Talha; Dor el Talha; Idam Unit

Where: Libya (25.8° N, 17.8° E: paleocoordinates 21.1° N, 13.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian to Bartonian (41.3 - 33.9 Ma)

• Idam Unit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; dolomitic conglomerate

• marine dominated environment with freshwater ingression
• lenses of conglomerate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by University of Poitiers and University of Al-Fateh, in Tripoli in 2007, 2009

Primary reference: C. Grohé, M. Morlo, Y. Chaimanee, C. Blondel, P. Coster, X. Valentin, M. Salem, A. A. Bilal, J.-J. Jaegar and M. Brunet. 2012. New Apterodontinae (Hyaenodontida) from the Eocene Locality of Dur At-Talah (Libya): Systematic, Paleoecological and Phylogenetical Implications. PLoS ONE 7(11):e49054:1-19 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174669: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 23.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Apterodon sp., Apterodon langebadreae
Apterodon sp. Fischer 1880 creodont
DT24-1, right mandible with a broken m3, p1-m2 roots and the canine base; DT24-2, left mandible with broken p4 and m3, roots of p2–p3 and m1–m2; DT24-3, left calcaneus; DT24-4, right calcaneus; DT24- 5, right astragalus; DT24-6, right femur; DT24-8, caudal vertebra; DT24-9, distal femur (with condyles); DT24-10, basicranial element (with condyles); DT24-11, caudal vertebra; DT24-13, distal left humerus; DT24-14, proximal right radius
Apterodon langebadreae Grohé et al. 2012 creodont
DT24-12, broken lower molar