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 | |
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
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Bothriogenys sp. Schmidt 1913 anthracothere | |
Prozenkerella saharaensis n. gen. n. sp.2
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Metaphiomys zallahensis n. sp. Coster et al. 2015 rodent
Metaphiomys schaubi Wood 1968 rodent | |
Neophiomys dawsonae n. sp.
Neophiomys dawsonae n. sp. Coster et al. 2015 cane rat | |
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Simonsius harujensis n. sp.4 Mattingly et al. 2021 monkey Z7I-173 - type; paratypes: Z7I-174 and Z7I-175
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Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811 sirenian | |
Thyrohyrax libycus n. sp.
Thyrohyrax libycus n. sp. Coster et al. 2015 hyrax | |