Also known as Gebel Coquin; Dur At-Talah
Where: Libya (25.8° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.1° N, 14.4° E)
When: Bartonian to Bartonian (41.3 - 33.9 Ma)
• 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.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, ferruginous, gypsiferous, gray, green claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48077: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 12.03.2005, edited by Mark Uhen and John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
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Siluridae indet. Cuvier 1816 catfish | |
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828 lates | |
Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Reptilia | |
Pterosphenus schweinfurthi Andrews 1901 snake | |
Gigantophis garstini Andrews 1901 snake | |
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Dyrosaurus sp. Pomel 1894 crocodilian | |
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Tomistoma sp. Müller 1846 false gharial | |
Mammalia | |
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901 proboscidean | |
Barytherium grave Andrews 1901 proboscidean | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus Blainville 1816 stingray | |
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Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish |