Where: Saudi Arabia (26.0° N, 49.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 46.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Dam Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Late Early Miocene. There are 3 Formations in the succession - the Hadruck, Dam and Hofuf (Hofuf overlies the others). Type section of the Dam Formation is Jabal al Lidam. The depth of the formation at Al-Sarrar varies, but is around 30m. Near the Arabian Gulf the Formation is entirely marine, with more continental facies inland. The Al-Sarrar area is an area of 'continental sediments interbedded with the marine series'.
•Fauna has been collected from a number of localities which have been entered individually.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; white, sandy lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Al-Sarrar localities 4-9 and 11-24 can all be dated within a short period of time. Localities 5,6,7,8, and 9 are considered contemporaneous.
•1 ton of unconsolidated sand and silt from localities 6,8,9 and 21, has been sifted and has produced rodent teeth.
•All fossil material housed in the Department of Antiquities and Museums at Riyadh.
Primary reference: H. Thomas, S. Sen, M. Khan, B. Battail, and G. Ligabue. 1982. The Lower Miocene Fauna of Al-Sarrar (Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia). Atlal 5(3a):109-136 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 47021: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 31.01.2005, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Crocodylus pigotti" = Brochuchus pigotti
"Crocodylus pigotti" = Brochuchus pigotti Tchernov and Van Couvering 1978 crocodile 1 left dentary with 13 alveoli, plus other specimens.
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Carettochelyidae indet. n. gen.
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Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868 sideneck turtle | |
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Dorcatherium cf. libiensis Hamilton 1973 chevrotain distal humerus AS 813, metatarsus portion AS815, proximal radius AS 812.
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