Gour Lazib HGL04: Ypresian - Lutetian, Algeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
? Chambius sp. Hartenberger 1986
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Microhyrax lavocati Sudre 1979
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zegdoumyidae
Zegdoumys lavocati Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Marivaux et al. 2011
HGL04-01
Mammalia - Creodonta
Creodonta indet. (Cope 1875)
Parvavorodon gheerbranti n. gen., n. sp. Solé et al. 2014
Solé et al. 2014
HGL 04-17 - holotype; referred specimen: HGL 04-16
Mammalia - Lipotyphla
Lipotyphla indet. Haeckel 1866
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: not reported
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
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:77019
Authorizer:P. Holroyd, P. Mannion Enterer:P. Holroyd, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-12-16 15:20:04 Last modified:2016-06-21 10:15:24
Access level:the public Released:2007-12-16 15:20:04
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]
59480 F. Solé, J. Lhuillier, M. Adaci, M. Bensalah, M. Mahboubi and R. Tabuce. 2014. The hyaenodontidans from the Gour Lazib area (?Early Eocene, Algeria): implications concerning the systematics and the origin of the Hyainailourinae and Teratodontinae. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(3):303-322 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]