Also known as Dur at Talhah; Dor-El-Talha; Dur At-Talah
Where: Sirt, Libya (25.7° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 20.2° N, 13.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (48.6 - 33.9 Ma)
• New Idam Unit
Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated siltstone and white sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: J.-J. Jaeger, L. Marivaux, M. Salem, A. A. Bilal, M. Benammi, Y. Chaimanee, P. Duringer, B. Marandat, E. Metais, M. Schuster, X. Valentin and M. Brunet. 2010. New rodent assemblages from the Eocene Dur At-Talah escarpment (Sahara of central Libya): systematic, biochronological, and palaeobiogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160:195-213 [C. Beard/C. Beard]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175362: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 10.12.2015, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Protophiomys aff. durattalahensis Jaeger et al. 2010 rodent | |
Talahphiomys lavocati Wood 1968 rodent | |
Kabirmys prius n. sp.1
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Hydrocynus sp.2 Cuvier 1816 | |
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