Dalan (Eocene of Somalia)

Where: Somalia (11.1° N, 48.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 41.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

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 51582: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.06.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Sirenia