Zallah Oasis (Oligocene of Libya)

Also known as Zella

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: O. Fejfar. 1987. Oligocene rodents from Zallah Oasis, Libya. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen A 10:265-268 [P. Coster/P. Coster/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176458: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 12.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
"Phiomys paraphiomyoides" = Neophiomys paraphiomyoides
"Phiomys paraphiomyoides" = Neophiomys paraphiomyoides Wood 1968 cane rat
 Rodentia -
Metaphiomys schaubi Wood 1968 rodent
Phiomys andrewsi Osborn 1908 rodent