Also known as Draa Hammada

Where: Bechar region, Algeria (30.0° N, 4.0° W: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 6.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: lower Member (Glib Zegdou Formation), Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

• As noted in Adaci et al. 2007, this member lacks biochronologic markers. Could be Eocene, but Paleocene age cannot be excluded; Ypresian-Lutetian based on magnetostratigraphy (Coster et al. 2012)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Adaci, R. Tabuce, F. Mebrouk, M. Bensalah, P.-H. Fabre, L. Hautier, J.-J. Jaeger, V. Lazzari, M. Mahboubi, L. Marivaux, O. Otero, S. Peigné, and H. Tong. 2007. Nouveaux sites à vertébrés paléogènes dans la région des Gour Lazib (Sahara nord-occidental, Algérie). Comptes Rendus Palevol 6:535-544 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77010: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 16.12.2007

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