Gour Lazib HGL52 (Eocene to of Algeria)

Also known as Draa Hammada; Hammada du Dra

Where: Bechar region, Algeria (30.0° N, 4.0° W: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 6.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: middle Member (Glib Zegdou Formation), Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

• late Early or early Middle Eocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. Adaci, R. Tabuce, F. Mebrouk, M. Bensalah, P.-H. Fabre, L. Hautier, J.-J. Jaeger, V. Lazzari, M. Mahboubi, L. Marivaux, O. Otero, S. Peigné, and H. Tong. 2007. Nouveaux sites à vertébrés paléogènes dans la région des Gour Lazib (Sahara nord-occidental, Algérie). Comptes Rendus Palevol 6:535-544 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77016: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 16.12.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
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Helioseus insolitus
Helioseus insolitus Sudre 1979 mammal
 Placentalia -
? Hyracoidea sp., Hyracoidea indet.
? Hyracoidea sp. Huxley 1869 hyrax
n. gen. n. sp.
Hyracoidea indet. Huxley 1869 hyrax
 Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Microhyrax lavocati
Microhyrax lavocati Sudre 1979 hyrax
 Placentalia -
"Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla
"Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla placental
 Creodonta -
Glibzegdouia tabelbalaensis
Glibzegdouia tabelbalaensis Crochet et al. 2001 creodont
 Placentalia -
Primates indet.
Primates indet. Linnaeus 1758 primate
n. gen. n. sp.
 Primates - Azibiidae
Algeripithecus minutus, "Azibius trerki" = Azibius trerki, "Tabelia hammadae" = Azibius trerki
Algeripithecus minutus Godinot and Mahboubi 1992 primate
"Azibius trerki" = Azibius trerki Sudre 1975 primate
"Tabelia hammadae" = Azibius trerki Sudre 1975 primate
 Placentalia -
Rodentia sp., Rodentia indet.
Rodentia sp. Bowdich 1821 rodent
n. gen. n. sp.
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Rodentia - Zegdoumyidae
"Glibia pentalopha n. gen. n. sp." = Glibia pentalopha, "Glibia tetralopha n. sp." = Glibia pentalopha, Zegdoumys lavocati n. gen. n. sp., Glibemys algeriensis n. gen. n. sp.
"Glibia pentalopha n. gen. n. sp." = Glibia pentalopha Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 rodent
HGL52-GZC specimens
"Glibia tetralopha n. sp." = Glibia pentalopha Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 rodent
Zegdoumys lavocati n. gen. n. sp. Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 rodent
HGL52-GZC11-15
Glibemys algeriensis n. gen. n. sp. Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 rodent
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