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
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•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 | |
Iniinae indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale | |
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