Dur At-Talah, DT-Loc. 1: Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene, Libya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Parachanna sp. Teugels and Daget 1984
Otero et al. 2015 1 element
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. (Müller 1846)
Otero et al. 2015 4 elements
Actinopteri - Siluriformes
Siluriformes indet.
Otero et al. 2015 5 elements
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Otero et al. 2015 6 elements
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829
Otero et al. 2015 8 elements
Cladistia - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803
Otero et al. 2015 20 elements
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843
Otero et al. 2015 5 elements
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Nementchatherium rathbuni n. sp. Tabuce et al. 2012
Tabuce et al. 2012
Eotmantsoius perseverans n. gen., n. sp. Simons et al. 1991
Tabuce et al. 2012
Mammalia - Rodentia
Protophiomys durattalahensis n. sp. Jaeger et al. 2010
Jaeger et al. 2010
Phiomys hammudai n. sp. Jaeger et al. 2010
Jaeger et al. 2010
Mammalia - Rodentia - Myophiomyidae
Talahphiomys libycus n. sp. Jaeger et al. 2010
Jaeger et al. 2010
Mammalia - Primates
Karanisia arenula n. sp. Jaeger et al. 2010
Mammalia - Primates - Afrotarsiidae
Afrotarsius libycus n. sp. Jaeger et al. 2010
Mammalia - Primates - Oligopithecidae
Talahpithecus parvus n. gen., n. sp. Jaeger et al. 2010
Mammalia - Primates - Parapithecidae
Biretia piveteaui de Bonis et al. 1988
see common names

Geography
Country:Libya State/province:Sirt
Coordinates: 25.7° North, 18.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.2° North, 13.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: New Idam Unit
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation siltstone
Secondary lithology:red or brown,white sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Dur at Talhah; Dor-El-Talha; Dur At-Talah
Database number:175361
Authorizer:P. Coster, M. Uhen Enterer:P. Coster, M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-12-10 17:17:34 Last modified:2015-12-10 17:17:34
Access level:the public Released:2015-12-10 17:17:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
34161. J.-J. Jaeger, K. C. Beard, Y. Chaimanee, M. Salem, M. Benammi, O. Hlal, P. Coster, A. A. Bilal, P. Duringer, M. Schuster, X. Valentin, B. Marandat, L. Marivaux, E. Metais, O. Hammuda and M. Brunet. 2010. Late middle Eocene epoch of Libya yields earliest known radiation of African anthropoids. Nature 467:1095-1098 [K. Beard/K. Beard]

Secondary references:

33889 J.-J. Jaeger, L. Marivaux, M. Salem, A. A. Bilal, M. Benammi, Y. Chaimanee, P. Duringer, B. Marandat, E. Metais, M. Schuster, X. Valentin and M. Brunet. 2010. New rodent assemblages from the Eocene Dur At-Talah escarpment (Sahara of central Libya): systematic, biochronological, and palaeobiogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160:195-213 [K. Beard/K. Beard]
62840 O. Otero, A. Pinton, H. Cappetta, S. Adnet, X. Valentin, M. Salem, and J.-J. Jaeger. 2015. A Fish Assemblage from the Middle Eocene from Libya (Dur At-Talah) and the Earliest Record of Modern African Fish Genera. PLoS One 10(12):e0144358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
17281 E. L. Simons, P. A. Holroyd, and T. M. Bown. 1991. Early Tertiary elephant-shrews from Egypt and the origin of the Macroscelidea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 88:9734-9737 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
57336 R. Tabuce, J.-J. Jaeger, L. Marivaux, M. Salem, A. A. Bilal, M. Benammi, Y. Chaimanee, P. Coster, B. Marandat, X. Valentin, and M. Brunet. 2012. New stem elephant-shrews (Mammalia, Macroscelidea) from the Eocene of Dur At-Talah, Libya. Palaeontology 55(5):945-955 [P. Coster/P. Coster]