Gour Lazib HGL08 (Eocene to of Algeria)

Also known as Draa Hammada

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• position within formation not noted in Adaci et al. 2007

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

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 77021: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 16.12.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Hyracoidea indet. Huxley 1869 hyrax
"Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla placental
Creodonta indet. Cope 1875 creodont
 Primates - Azibiidae
Algeripithecus minutus, "Dralestes hammadaensis" = Azibius trerki
Algeripithecus minutus Godinot and Mahboubi 1992 primate
"Dralestes hammadaensis" = Azibius trerki Sudre 1975 primate
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent