Dor el Talha evaporite (Eocene of Libya)

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

Where: Libya (25.8° N, 18.7° E: paleocoordinates 20.5° N, 14.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Evaporite Unit

Environment/lithology: dolomitic limestone and gypsiferous marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: R. J. G. Savage. 1969. Early Tertiary mammal locality in southern Libya. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 1657:167-171 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49942: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.05.2005, edited by John Alroy

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Bagridae
Fajumia sp.3 Stromer 1904 naked catfish
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines3
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines3 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Loricata -
Eusuchia indet.1, "Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia3
Eusuchia indet.1 crocodilian
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia3 Owen 1842 crocodilian
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Barytheriidae
Barytherium sp.3 Andrews 1901 proboscidean
 Proboscidea -
Phiomia sp.3 Andrews and Beadnell 1902 proboscidean
 Sirenia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet.2 sirenian
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.3 Brisson 1762 whale
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Aetobatus sp.3, "Myliobatus sp." = Myliobatis3
Aetobatus sp.3 Blainville 1816 eagle ray
"Myliobatus sp." = Myliobatis3 Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp.3 Linck 1790 sawfish