Dur At-Talah, DT-Loc. 3: Middle Eocene - Late Eocene, Libya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843
3 elements
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. (Müller 1846)
12 elements
Actinopteri - Siluriformes
Siluriformes indet.
4 elements
unclassified
Parachanna sp. Teugels and Daget 1984
1 element
cf. Chichlidae indet.
2 elements
Actinopteri - Characiformes
? Characiformes indet. Regan 1911
2 elements
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
9 elements
see common names

Geography
Country:Libya State/province:Sirt
Coordinates: 25.7° North, 18.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.2° North, 13.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2-3 - Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Middle Eocene - Late Eocene
Age range of interval: 47.8 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: New Idam Unit
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation siltstone
Secondary lithology:red or brown,white sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Dur at Talhah; Dor-El-Talha; Dur At-Talah
Database number:187327
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-07-20 16:50:19 Last modified:2017-07-20 16:50:19
Access level:the public Released:2017-07-20 16:50:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62840. O. Otero, A. Pinton, H. Cappetta, S. Adnet, X. Valentin, M. Salem, and J.-J. Jaeger. 2015. A Fish Assemblage from the Middle Eocene from Libya (Dur At-Talah) and the Earliest Record of Modern African Fish Genera. PLoS One 10(12):e0144358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]