Dur At-Talah, DT-Loc. 2: Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene, Libya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843
Otero et al. 2015 8 elements
Mammalia - Rodentia - Nementchamyidae
Kabirmys prius n. sp. Coster et al. 2015
Coster et al. 2015
Mammalia - Rodentia - Myophiomyidae
Talahphiomys lavocati (Wood 1968)
Mammalia - Rodentia
Protophiomys aff. durattalahensis Jaeger et al. 2010
Cladistia - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803
Otero et al. 2015 18 elements
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. (Müller 1846)
Otero et al. 2015 9 elements
Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
cf. Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840
Otero et al. 2015 1 element
Actinopteri - Siluriformes
Siluriformes indet.
Otero et al. 2015 3 elements
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Otero et al. 2015 1 element
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829
Otero et al. 2015 5 elements
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:175362
Authorizer:P. Coster, M. Uhen Enterer:P. Coster, M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-12-10 17:27:36 Last modified:2015-12-10 17:27:36
Access level:the public Released:2015-12-10 17:27:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

56597 P. Coster, K. C. Beard, M. J. Salem, Y. Chaimanee, and J. J. Jaeger. 2015. New fossils from the Paleogene of central Libya illuminate the evolutionary history of endemic African anomaluroid rodents. Frontiers in Earth Science 3(56):1-15 [P. Coster/P. Coster/P. Mannion]
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]