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Taqah, Dhofar Governorate, Oman

Lat/Long (Decimal)17.0608,54.4186
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationDhofar, Oman
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Dhofar Governorate, Oman

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
TaqahGheerbrant E., Thomas H., et al (1995)Ashawq - Shizarmarl33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Fungi
kingdom
Fungi33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Plantae
kingdom
Plantae33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Cirripedia
subclass
Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Cirripedia33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Decapoda
order
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Characiformes
order
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Characiformes33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Osteoglossiformes
order
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Osteoglossiformes33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Sparidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Sparoidei33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Microchiroptera
suborder
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Microchiroptera33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Vespertilionoidea
superfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionoidea33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Dhofarella thaleri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Emballonuridae : Dhofarella : Dhofarella thaleri33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Hipposideridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Hipposideridae33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Hipposideros omani
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Hipposideridae : Hipposideros : Hipposideros omani33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Chibanycteris herberti
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Nycterididae : Chibanycteris : Chibanycteris herberti33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Philisis sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Philisidae : Philisis33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Arsinotherium sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Arsinoitheriidae : Arsinoitherium33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Arsinoitherium sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Embrithopoda : Arsinoitherium33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Masrasector ligabuei
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodontidae : Masrasector : Masrasector ligabuei33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Thyrohyrax meyeri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyracoidea : Pliohyracidae : Thyrohyrax : Thyrohyrax meyeri33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Peratherium africanus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Peratherium : Peratherium africanus33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Anchomomyini
tribe
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Notharctidae : Anchomomyini33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Omanodon minor
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Adapidae : Omanodon : Omanodon minor33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Apidium sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Parapithecidae : Apidium33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Parapithecidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Parapithecidae33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Oligopithecus rogeri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Oligopithecidae : Oligopithecus : Oligopithecus rogeri33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Propliopithecidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Propliopithecidae33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Propliopithecus haeckeli
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Pliopithecidae : Propliopithecus : Propliopithecus haeckeli33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Phiomia sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Phiomia33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Anomaluridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Anomaluridae33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Cricetidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Talahphiomys lavocati
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Myophiomyidae : Talahphiomys : Talahphiomys lavocati33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Metaphiomys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Diamantomyidae : Metaphiomys33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Metaphiomys schaubi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Diamantomyidae : Metaphiomys : Metaphiomys schaubi33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Phiomys andrewsi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Phiomyidae : Phiomys : Phiomys andrewsi33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Anura
order
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Eobatrachus : Anura33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Crocodylia
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Lacertilia
suborder
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Lacertilia33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Serpentes
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Serpentes33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Podocnemidae
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Podocnemidae33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Testudininae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Testudininae33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Cnidaria
phylum
Animalia : Cnidaria33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Asteroidea
class
Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Echinoidea
class
Animalia : Echinodermata : Protocidaris : Echinoidea33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Bivalvia
class
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Gastropoda
class
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Discorbidae
family
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Discorbidae33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Elphidium sp.
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Elphidiidae : Elphidium33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Lituolidae
family
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Lituolida : Lituolidae33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Nummulites sp.
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Nummulitidae : Nummulites33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

References

Thomas H., Roger J., et al (1989) Découverte de Vertébrés fossiles dans l'Oligocène inférieur du Dhofar (Sultanat d'Oman), Geobios 22 1, 101-120
Crochet J.-Y., Thomas H., et al (1990) Première découverte d'un créodonte dans la péninsule Arabique : Masrasector ligabuei nov. sp. (oligocène inférieur de Taqah, formation d'Ashawq, sultanat d'Oman), Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences de Paris, Série 2 311 12, 1455-1460
Thomas H., SEN S., et al (1991) The discovery of Moeripthecus markgrafi Schlosser (Propliopithecidae, Anthropoidea, Primates) in the Ashawq Formation (Early Oligocene of Dhofar Province, Sultanate of Oman), Journal of Human Evolution 20, 33-49
Thomas H., Roger J., et al (1991) Essai de reconstitution des milieux de sédimentation et de vie des primates anthropoides de l'Oligocene de Taqah (Dhofar, Sultanat d'Oman), Bulletin de la Societe géologique de France 162 4, 713-724
Crochet J. Y., Thomas H., et al (1992) Découverte d'un Péradectidé (Marsupialia) dans l'Oligocène inférieur du Sultanat d'Oman: nouvelles données sur la paléobiogréographie des Marsupiaux de la plaque arabo-africaine, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série 2, Mécanique, Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'univers, Sciences de la Terre 315 5, 539-545
Gheerbrant E., Thomas H., et al (1993) Deux nouveaux primates dans l'Oligocène inférieur de Taqah (Sultanat d'Oman) : premiers adapiformes (Anchomomyini) de la Péninsule Arabique, Palaeovertebrata 22, 141-196
Sigé B., Thomas H., et al (1994) Les chiroptères de Taqah (Oligocène inférieur, Sultanat d'Oman): Premier inventaire systématique, Munchner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen 26, 35-48
Pickford M., Thomas H., et al (1994) Early Oligocene Hyracoidea (Mammalia) from Thaytiniti and Taqah, Dhofar Province, Sultanate of Oman, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris 318, 1385-1400
Gheerbrant E., Thomas H., et al (1995) Nouveau primate Oligopithecinae (Simiiformes) de l'Oligocène inférieur de Taqah, Sultanat d'Oman = New Oligopithecinae Primate (Simiiformes) from the early Oligocene of Taqah, Sultanate of Oman, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences de Paris, Série 2 321, 425-432
Thomas H., Roger J., et al (1999) Oligocene-Miocene terrestrial vertebrates in the southern Arabian peninsula (Sultanate of Oman) and their geodynamic and palaeogeographic settings, Fossil Vertebrates of Arabia, 430-442
Pickford M. (2015) Large ungulates from the basal Oligocene of Oman: 1 – Embrithopoda, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 30 1, 33-42
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