Where: Libya (30.1° N, 20.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 20.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: T Member (Sahabi Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• age according to El-Shawaihdi et al 2016
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: D. P. Domning and H. Thomas. 1987. Metaxytherium serresii (Mammalia: Sirenia) from the early Pliocene of Libya and France: A Reevaluation of its morphology, phyletic position, and biostratigraphic and paleoecological significance. Neogene Paleontology and Geology of Sahabi 205-232 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96984: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Metaxytherium serresii Gervais 1847 dugong |