Zella (Oligocene of Libya)

Also known as Zallah

Where: Libya (28.5° N, 17.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 15.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; conglomerate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods:

•collected by "screening"

Primary reference: C. Arambourg and P. Magnier. 1961. Gisements de Vertebres dans le bassin teriaire de Syrte (Libye). Comptes Rendus de Academie des Sciences 252:1181-1183 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154222: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 03.02.2014

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Taxonomic list

Elasmobranchii
  -
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
 Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae
"Megalohyrax palaeotherioides" = Titanohyrax palaeotherioides
"Megalohyrax palaeotherioides" = Titanohyrax palaeotherioides Schlosser 1911 hyrax
 Proboscidea -
Phiomia wintoni proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Palaeomastodontidae
Palaeomastodon sp. Andrews 1901 proboscidean
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian