The Age of the Small Mammal Faunas from Jabal Zaltan, Libya

ABSTRACT On the basis of the evolutionary stage of the small mammal species and the faunal compositions we assign three Jabal Zaltan assemblages to the middle Early Miocene (18-19 ma) — one to the late Early Miocene (16-17 ma) and two to the Middle Miocene (14-15 ma) — in total covering approximately 4 million years. Wilma Wessels, Utrecht University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Department of Geology, P.O. Box 80021, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands, wessels@geo.uu.nl Oldrich Fejfar, Charles University, Faculty of Science Department of Paleontology, Albertov 6, Praha 2, CZ-12843, Czech Republic, Fejfar@prfdec.natur.cuni.cz Pablo Pelaez-Campomanes, Museo Nacional de Ciencas Naturales, c/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain, mcnp177@mncn.csic.es Hans de Bruijn, Utrecht University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Department of Geology, P.O. Box 80021, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands, hdbruijn@geo.uu.nl Albert Van Der Meulen, Utrecht University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Department of Geology, P.O. Box 80021, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands, avermeul@geo.uu.nl Ali El-Arnauti, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Garyounis University, Benghazi Libya, alielarnauti@yahoo.com