Also known as Dur at Talhah; Dor-El-Talha
Where: Libya (25.7° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 21.0° N, 14.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Idam Unit Formation, Bartonian to Bartonian (41.3 - 33.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated siltstone and white sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55449: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.10.2005, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish | |
Mammalia | |
Arsinoitherium sp. Beadnell 1902 placental | |
Phiomia wintoni proboscidean
Phiomia minor proboscidean | |
Barytherium sp. Andrews 1901 proboscidean | |
"Moeritherium trigodon" = Moeritherium trigonodon
"Moeritherium trigodon" = Moeritherium trigonodon Andrews 1904 proboscidean | |
Hyracoidea indet. Huxley 1869 hyrax
Creodonta indet. Cope 1875 creodont
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent | |
Reptilia | |
Gigantophis sp. Andrews 1901 snake | |
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868 sideneck turtle | |
Gavialidae indet. crocodilian
Tomistominae indet. crocodilian | |
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Actinopteri | |
Fajumia sp. Stromer 1904 naked catfish | |
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828 lates | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish |