Jabal Zalatan Z131 (Miocene to of Libya)

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
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Afrophoca libyca n. gen. n. sp.
Afrophoca libyca n. gen. n. sp. Koretsky and Domning 2014 seal