Where: Dhofar, Oman (17.0° N, 53.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 46.1° E)
When: Shizar Member (Ashawaq Formation), Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, argillaceous siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: H. Thomas, J. Roger, M. Pickford, E. Gheerbrant, Z. Al-Sulaimani and S. Al-Busaidi. 1999. Oligocene-Miocene terrestrial vertebrates in the southern Arabian peninsula (Sultanate of Oman) and their geodynamic and palaeogeographic settings. In P. J. Whybrow and A. Hill (eds.), Fossil Vertebrates of Arabia 430-442 [P. Coster/P. Coster/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175334: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 09.12.2015, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Foraminifera | |
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Gymnolaemata | |
Tubucellaria sp.2 d'Orbigny 1852 | |
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Idmonea sp.2 Lamouroux 1821 | |
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Sparidae indet.2 Cuvier 1817 | |
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Mammalia | |
"Oligopithecinae indet." = Oligopithecidae
"Oligopithecinae indet." = Oligopithecidae Simons 1989 monkey | |
Anomaluridae indet. Gill 1872 scaly-tailed squirrel | |
Phiomys cf. andrewsi Osborn 1908 rodent | |
"Phiomys cf. lavocati" = Talahphiomys lavocati
"Phiomys cf. lavocati" = Talahphiomys lavocati Wood 1968 rodent | |
cf. Metaphiomys indet. Osborn 1908 rodent | |
cf. Saghatherium bowni Rasmussen and Simons 1991 hyrax
cf. Thyrohyrax meyeri Rasmussen and Simons 1991 hyrax | |
cf. Barytherioidea indet. Andrews 1906 proboscidean | |
cf. Arsinoitherium indet. Beadnell 1902 placental |