Where: Libya (32.7° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 13.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• early Pliocene
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; coarse-grained, pebbly sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. Pawellek, S. Adnet, H. Cappetta, E. Metais, M. Salem, M. Brunet, and J.-J. Jaeger. 2012. Discovery of an earliest Pliocene relic tropical fish fauna in a newly detected cliff section (Sabratah Basin, NW Libya). Neues Jahrbuch for Geologie und Palaontologie Abhandlungen 266(2):93-114 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 136597: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Alopias aff. vulpinus Bonnaterre 1788 thresher shark | |
Cosmopolitodus hastalis Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch | |
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1843 megalodon Also studied in Pimiento and Balk
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Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish | |
Dasyatis cf. pastinaca Linnaeus 1758 whiptail stingray
Taeniura sp. Miller and Henle 1837 whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Pteromylaeus sp. Garman 1913 bull ray | |
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish | |
Isurus aff. oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mako shark
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark | |
Carcharias aff. taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Negaprion aff. brevirostris, "Galeocerdo cuvier" = Galeocerdo cuvieri, Carcharhinus sp., Rhizoprionodon aff. acutus
Negaprion aff. brevirostris Poey 1868 lemon shark
"Galeocerdo cuvier" = Galeocerdo cuvieri Peron and LeSueur 1822 tiger shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon aff. acutus sharpnose shark | |
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
Sphyrna aff. zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark | |
? Paragaleus sp., "Hemipristis serra" = Hemipristis heteropleurus
"Hemipristis serra" = Hemipristis heteropleurus Agassiz 1844 ground shark | |
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 shark | |
Actinopteri | |
Sphyraenidae indet. barracuda | |
? Archosargus sp. Gill 1865 | |
Labridae indet. Cuvier 1816 | |
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Mammalia | |
Sirenia indet. sirenian | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse | |
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant | |
Aetobatus | |
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 |