Sahabi Fauna locality P4A (Miocene of Libya)

Where: Libya (30.1° N, 20.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 20.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: U-2 Member (Sahabi Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• Gingerich (2010) states this locality is late Miocene; late Messinian according to El-Shawaihdi et al 2016

•pre-evaporitic according to Agiadi et al 2024

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: F. C. Whitmore. 1987. Cetacea from the Sahabi Formation, Libya. Neogene Paleontology and Geology of Sahabi 145-151 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52581: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.08.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Iniidae
Iniinae indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet.2 Gray 1821 seal
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium serresii1 Gervais 1847 dugong