Dur At-Talah, DT-Loc. 2 (Eocene to of Libya)

Also known as Dur at Talhah; Dor-El-Talha; Dur At-Talah

Where: Sirt, Libya (25.7° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 20.2° N, 13.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (48.6 - 33.9 Ma)

• New Idam Unit

Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated siltstone and white sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: J.-J. Jaeger, L. Marivaux, M. Salem, A. A. Bilal, M. Benammi, Y. Chaimanee, P. Duringer, B. Marandat, E. Metais, M. Schuster, X. Valentin and M. Brunet. 2010. New rodent assemblages from the Eocene Dur At-Talah escarpment (Sahara of central Libya): systematic, biochronological, and palaeobiogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160:195-213 [C. Beard/C. Beard]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175362: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 10.12.2015, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp.2 Agassiz 1843 african lungfish
Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Protophiomys aff. durattalahensis Jaeger et al. 2010 rodent
 Rodentia - Myophiomyidae
Talahphiomys lavocati Wood 1968 rodent
 Rodentia - Nementchamyidae
Kabirmys prius n. sp.1 Coster et al. 2015 rodent
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
 Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus sp.2 Cuvier 1829 aba knifefish
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
cf. Cichlidae indet.2 Heckel 1840 cichlid
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.2 Cuvier 1816
 Teleostei -
Cladistia
 Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp.2 Lacépède 1803 bichir