Where: Libya (30.0° N, 20.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: U Member (Sahabi Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• Ruscinian?; Messinian according to El-Shawaihdi et al 2016

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: J. Munthe. 1987. Small-mammal fossils from the Pliocene Sahabi Formation of Libya. in N. T. Boaz, ed., Neogene Paleontology and Geology of Sahabi. Alan R. Liss, NY, NY 135-144 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28304: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 06.02.2003

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