Dor el Talha evaporite: Bartonian, Libya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Bagridae
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Fajumia sp.
Stromer 1904
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Wight 1980 | ||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodilus sp.
(Laurenti 1768)
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Wight 1980 | ||||||
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= Eusuchia indet.
Huxley 1875
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Alroy 2009 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Wight 1980 | ||||||
| spelled with current rank as Crocodylia | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Wight 1980 | ||||||
| synonym of Testudines | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Sirenia
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Sirenia indet.
Illiger 1811
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Domning et al. 1982 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
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Phiomia sp.
Andrews and Beadnell 1902
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Wight 1980 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Barytheriidae
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Barytherium sp.
Andrews 1901
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Wight 1980 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Wight 1980 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Wight 1980 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatus sp.
(Cuvier 1816)
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Wight 1980 | ||||||
| original and current combination Myliobatis | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis sp.
Linck 1790
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Wight 1980 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Libya |
| Coordinates: | 25.8° North, 18.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.5° North, 14.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Evaporite Unit |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | dolomitic "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | planar lamination,gypsiferous marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Dur at Talhah; Dor-El-Talha; Dur At-Talah | ||
| Database number: | 49942 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-02 11:24:52 | Last modified: | 2019-09-19 21:12:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-02 11:24:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33109. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 12993 | D. P. Domning, G. S. Morgan, and C. E. Ray. 1982. North American Eocene sea cows (Mammalia: Sirenia). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 52:1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd] | |
| 33106 | P. D. Gingerich. 2010. Cetacea. In L. Werdelin & W. J. Sanders (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa 873-899 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 57049 | C. Grohé, M. Morlo, Y. Chaimanee, C. Blondel, P. Coster, X. Valentin, M. Salem, A. A. Bilal, J.-J. Jaegar and M. Brunet. 2012. New Apterodontinae (Hyaenodontida) from the Eocene Locality of Dur At-Talah (Libya): Systematic, Paleoecological and Phylogenetical Implications. PLoS ONE 7(11):e49054:1-19 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 14946 | A. W. R. Wight. 1980. Palaeogene vertebrate fauna and regressive sediments of Dur at Talhah, southern Sirt Basin, Libya. Symposium on the Geology of Libya 2:309-325 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |