Gour Lazib HGL52: Ypresian - Lutetian, Algeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates
Primates indet. Linnaeus 1758
n. gen. n. sp.
Mammalia - Primates - Azibiidae
Azibius trerki Sudre 1975
Tabelia hammadae Godinot and Mahboubi 1994
synonym of Azibius trerki
Algeripithecus minutus Godinot and Mahboubi 1992
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia sp. Bowdich 1821
n. gen. n. sp.
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zegdoumyidae
Zegdoumys lavocati n. gen., n. sp. Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
HGL52-GZC11-15
Glibemys algeriensis n. gen., n. sp. Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
HGL52-GZC 32
Glibia pentalopha n. gen., n. sp. Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
HGL52-GZC specimens
Glibia tetralopha n. sp. Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
synonym of Glibia pentalopha
Mammalia - Creodonta
Glibzegdouia tabelbalaensis Crochet et al. 2001
Mammalia - Lipotyphla
Lipotyphla indet. Haeckel 1866
synonym of Eulipotyphla
Mammalia - Hyracoidea
? Hyracoidea sp. Huxley 1869
n. gen. n. sp.
Hyracoidea indet. Huxley 1869
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Microhyrax lavocati Sudre 1979
Mammalia
Helioseus insolitus Sudre 1979
see common names

Geography
Country:Algeria State/province:Bechar region
Coordinates: 30.0° North, 4.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.4° North, 6.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian - Lutetian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Glib Zegdou Member:middle
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: late Early or early Middle Eocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Draa Hammada; Hammada du Dra
Database number:77016
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-12-16 14:58:48 Last modified:2016-06-21 10:14:04
Access level:the public Released:2007-12-16 14:58:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26064. 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]

Secondary references:

45283 L. Marivaux, M. Adaci, M. Bensalah, H. G. Rodrigues, L. Hautier, M. Mahboubi, F. Mebrouk, R. Tabuce, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2011. Zegdoumyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia), stem anomaluroid rodents from the Early to Middle Eocene of Algeria (Gour Lazib, Western Sahara): new dental evidence. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(4):563-588 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Mannion]
59772 M. Vianey-Liaud, J.-J. Jaeger, J.L. Hartenberger and M. Mahboubi. 1994. Les rongeurs de l'Eocène d'Afrique Nord-Occidentale [Glib Zegdou (Algérie) et Chambi (Tunisie)] et l'origine des anomaluridae. Palaeovertebrata 23(1-4):93-118 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]