Where: Libya (28.5° N, 20.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.5° N, 18.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Qárat Jahannam Member (Maradah Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• described by Wessels et al. 2003 as "Middle Lower Miocene"
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, coarse sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1983, 1997
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,
• Biases in sampling occurred due to dry-screening of the sediments (the fraction between 0.75 and 2.5 mm remained) before wet-screening. Furthermore the smallest fraction (< 0.75 mm) of the residue was not yet processed in 2003.
Primary reference: W. Wessels, O. Fejfar, P. Peláez-Campomanes, A.J. Meulen, and H. Bruijn. 2003. Miocene small mammals from Jebel Zelten, Libya. Coloquios de Paleontología, Volumen extraordinario 1:619-715 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 77027: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 16.12.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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? Kenyalagomys sp. MacInnes 1953 pika |