Dakhla, El Argoub, U4 level C2 (Oligocene of Morocco)

Also known as DAK-Arg C2

Where: Morocco (23.5° N, 15.9° W: paleocoordinates 22.2° N, 18.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Samlat Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• uppermost part of the Samlat Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; sandy conglomerate

• sandy and unconsolidated microconglomerate

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected in 2013-2015

Collection methods: sieve,

• Wet-screening of several tons of sediment

Primary reference: L. Marivaux, S. Adnet, M. Benammi, R. Tabuce, and M. Benammi. 2017. Anomaluroid rodents from the earliest Oligocene of Dakhla, Morocco, reveal the long-lived and morphologically conservative pattern of the Anomaluridae and Nonanomaluridae during the Tertiary in Africa. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(7):539-569 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181052: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 16.08.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Mubhammys atlanticus
Mubhammys atlanticus Marivaux et al. 2017 rodent
DAK-Arg-71 (and more)
 Rodentia - Phiomyidae
Phenacophiomys occidentalis
Phenacophiomys occidentalis Marivaux et al. 2017 rodent
DAK-Arg-043 (and more)
 Rodentia -
Birkamys aff. korai
Birkamys aff. korai Sallam and Seiffert 2016 rodent
DAK-Arg-023 (and more)
 Rodentia - Gaudeamuridae
Gaudeamus cf. hylaeus
Gaudeamus cf. hylaeus Sallam et al. 2011 rodent
DAK-Arg-012-017
 Rodentia - Myophiomyidae
? Phiocricetomys sp.
? Phiocricetomys sp. Wood 1968 rodent
DAK-Arg-025
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Neophiomys minutus
Neophiomys minutus Marivaux et al. 2017 cane rat
DAK-Arg-027 (and more)
 Rodentia - Anomaluridae
Oromys zenkerellinopsis n. gen. n. sp., Argouburus minutus n. gen. n. sp., Paranomalurus riodeoroensis n. sp.
Oromys zenkerellinopsis n. gen. n. sp. Marivaux et al. 2017 scaly-tailed squirrel
DAK-Arg-009 - holotype
Argouburus minutus n. gen. n. sp. Marivaux et al. 2017 scaly-tailed squirrel
DAK-Arg-010 - type
Paranomalurus riodeoroensis n. sp. Marivaux et al. 2017 scaly-tailed squirrel
DAK-Arg-001 - type; referred specimens: DAK-Arg-002, 005, 006, 008
 Rodentia - Nonanomaluridae
Nonanomalurus parvus n. sp.
Nonanomalurus parvus n. sp. Marivaux et al. 2017 rodent
DAK-Arg-011 - type; referred specimens: DAK-ARG-003, 005, 007