Thaytiniti lower site (2) (Oligocene of Oman)

Where: Dhofar, Oman (17.0° N, 53.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 46.1° E)

When: Shizar Member (Ashawaq Formation), Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, argillaceous siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 2017

Primary reference: M. Al-Kindi, M. Pickford, Y. Al-Sinani, I. Al-Ismaili, A. Hartman and A. Heward. 2017. Large Mammals from the Rupelian of Oman – Recent Finds. Fossil Imprint 73(3-4):300-321 [P. Coster/P. Coster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192924: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 26.04.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Crocodile indet.
TN 2017-88
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Barytheriidae
Omanitherium sp. Seiffert et al. 2012 proboscidean
TN 2017-85 TN 2017-86