Gebel Rascal (Dor-et-Talha): Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene, Libya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatis sp. (Blainville 1816)
original and current combination Aetobatus
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
[entered as Mylobatis sp.]
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790
Actinopteri - Centropomidae
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bagridae
Fajumia sp. Stromer 1904
Arambourg 1963
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae
Siluridae indet. Cuvier 1816
Cladistia - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803
Reptilia - Palaeophiidae
Pterosphenus schweinfurthi (Andrews 1901)
Reptilia - Madtsoiidae
Gigantophis garstini Andrews 1901
Reptilia
Dyrosaurus sp. Pomel 1894
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
    = Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842
Alroy 2006
Reptilia
Tomistoma sp. Müller 1846
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Barytheriidae
Barytherium grave Andrews 1901
see common names

Geography
Country:Libya
Coordinates: 25.8° North, 18.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.1° North, 14.4° East
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Fossils occur in two layers within a 50 m section exposed at Dor-et-Talha cliffs. Pterosphenus and squalidid remains are from lower layer, all other taxa are from upper layer.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ferruginous,gypsiferous,gray,green lithified claystone
Lithology description: "D’après C. Arambourg & Ph. Magnier (1961), la couche fossilifère comprend, dans la partie médiane de la falaise, 50 m. d’argiles gris-vert avec intercalations gypseuses et ferrugineuses; la stratification est entre-croisée (pgs. 326-327)."
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),mechanical,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Gebel Coquin; Dur At-Talah
Database number:48077
Authorizer:J. Head, J. Alroy, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Head, J. Alroy, M. Uhen
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-12 21:04:55 Last modified:2015-11-23 10:32:54
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-12 21:04:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12869. R. Hoffstetter. 1961. Nouvelles récoltes de serpents fossiles dans l’Éocène Supérieur du désert Libyque. Bulletin du Muséum National Histoire Naturelle, Paris 33(3):326-331 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]

Secondary references:

18120 J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
43778 C. Arambourg. 1963. Continental vertebrate faunas of the Tertiary of North Africa. In F. C. Howell, F. Bourliere (eds.), African Ecology and Human Evolution 55-64 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
43783 C. Arambourg and P. Magnier. 1961. Gisements de Vertebres dans le bassin teriaire de Syrte (Libye). Comptes Rendus de Academie des Sciences 252:1181-1183 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
57049 C. Grohé, M. Morlo, Y. Chaimanee, C. Blondel, P. Coster, X. Valentin, M. Salem, A. A. Bilal, J.-J. Jaegar and M. Brunet. 2012. New Apterodontinae (Hyaenodontida) from the Eocene Locality of Dur At-Talah (Libya): Systematic, Paleoecological and Phylogenetical Implications. PLoS ONE 7(11):e49054:1-19 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]