Where: Libya (28.8° N, 19.7° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 18.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Garat Jahanam Member (Marada Formation), Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• lower to middle Miocene, probably in the interval from Burdigalian to Langhian (ca. 19–14 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. A. Koretsky and D. P. Domning. 2014. One of the oldest seals (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the Old World. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):224-229 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 153675: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.01.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Afrophoca libyca n. gen. n. sp.
Afrophoca libyca n. gen. n. sp. Koretsky and Domning 2014 seal |