Zallah 7 Incision (Oligocene of Libya)

Also known as Zallah Incision Locality; Z7I

Where: Sirt Basin, Libya (28.5° N, 17.4° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 14.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; poorly lithified, argillaceous, sandy sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Coster, K. C. Beard, M. J. Mustafa Salem, Y. Chaimanee, M. Brunet and J.-J. Jaeger. 2015. A new early Oligocene mammal fauna from the Sirt Basin, central Libya: Biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications. Journal of African Earth Sciences 104:43-55 [P. Coster/P. Coster/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166446: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 13.02.2015, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Metaphiomys schaubi Wood 1968 rodent
Metaphiomys zallahensis n. sp. Coster et al. 2015 rodent
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Neophiomys dawsonae n. sp. Coster et al. 2015 cane rat
 Rodentia - Anomaluridae
Prozenkerella saharaensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Prozenkerella saharaensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Coster et al. 2015 scaly-tailed squirrel
 Primates - Parapithecidae
Simonsius harujensis n. sp.4 Mattingly et al. 2021 monkey
Z7I-173 - type; paratypes: Z7I-174 and Z7I-175
Apidium zuetina n. sp.1 Beard et al. 2016 monkey
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Bothriogenys sp. Schmidt 1913 anthracothere
 Theriamorpha -
Africtis sirtensis n. gen. n. sp.3
Africtis sirtensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Mattingly et al. 2020 placental
Z7I-11 - holotype (right m1); hypodigm: Z7I-171 and 172
 Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Thyrohyrax libycus n. sp. Coster et al. 2015 hyrax
 Sirenia -
Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811 sirenian