Where: Saudi Arabia (26.0° N, 49.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 46.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
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.
Environment/lithology: fluvial; 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.
•All fossil material housed in the Department of Antiquities and Museums at Riyadh.
•1 ton of unconsolidated sand and silt from localities 6,8,9 and 21, has been sifted and has produced rodent teeth.
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 47095: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 08.02.2005, edited by Mark Uhen and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
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Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse | |
Reptilia | |
Scolecophidia indet. Duméril and Bibron 1844 snake | |
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Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper | |
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake | |
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Aves | |
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Reptilia | |
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Actinopteri | |
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817 |