Also known as H-area 6409

Where: Libya (28.5° N, 20.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 19.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Qárat Jahannam Member (Maradah Formation), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• described by Wessels et al. 2003 as "lower part of the Middle Miocene"; equals "H-area 6409" of Savage and Hamilton (1973)

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 77030: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 16.12.2007

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