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

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• age according to El-Shawaihdi et al 2016

• member-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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96992: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.07.2010

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