Draa Ubari vertebrates: Cenomanian, Libya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Dipnomorpha
- Lepidosirenidae
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Protopterus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Simoliophiidae
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Simoliophis libycus n. sp.
Nessov et al. 1998
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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? Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Reptilia
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? Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodontidae indet.
Woodward 1901
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1833)
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Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Onchopristis sp.
Stromer 1917
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Haimirichiidae
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Carcharoides sp.
Ameghino 1901
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= Carcharias amonensis
Cappetta and Case 1975
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Distobatidae
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Distobatus sp.
Werner 1989
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Geography
| Country: | Libya | State/province: | Awbari |
| Coordinates: | 26.6° North, 12.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.4° North, 9.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mizdah | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "unnamed beds" between upper Thala member and lower Mazuzah member. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45725 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-11-29 07:10:04 | Last modified: | 2004-11-29 09:31:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-11-29 07:10:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12093. | ETE | L. A. Nessov, V. I. Zhegallo, and A. O. Averianov. 1998. A new locality of Late Cretaceous snakes, mammals and other vertebrates in Africa (western Libya). Annales de Paléontologie 84(3-4):265-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 12092 | ETE | J.-C. Rage and H. Cappetta. 2002. Vertebrates from the Cenomanian, and the geological age of the Draa Ubari fauna (Libya). Annales de Paléontologie 88:79-84 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |