Gour Lazib HGL89: Ypresian - Lutetian, Algeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
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:basin
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Ypresian - Lutetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Ypresian - Lutetian
Age range of interval: 56 - 41.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Glib Zegdou Member:middle
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: La « butte rouge » constitue un petit affleurement ne dépassant guère les huit mètres d’épaisseur, qui correspond partiellement au membre intermédiaire détritique du Glib Zegdou. ... sa partie supérieure, à dominance argileuse, renferme une lentille microconglomératique à rares restes de mammifères (dont Helioseus) (HGL89). [microconglomeratic lens]
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
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
Database number:77018
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Modifier:P. Holroyd Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-12-16 15:17:02 Last modified:2007-12-16 17:50:17
Access level:the public Released:2007-12-16 15:17:02
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]