Sahabi Fauna, locality P115B (Miocene to of Libya)

Where: Libya (30.1° N, 20.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 20.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• age according to El-Shawaihdi et al 2016

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: D. P. Domning. 1982. Fossil Sirenia from the Sahabi Formation. Garyounis Scientific Bulletin 4:29-32 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52643: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.08.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium serresii Gervais 1847 dugong