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RHOI-supported the Sahabi research project as a core project.

The faunal list below is derived from N. Boaz (1979) and (2008).

 

Invertebrates

   Echinodermata
         Conoclypus
         Clypeaster

   Mollusca
      Bivalvia
         Anadara
         Pecten

         cf. Ostrea
         cf. Crassostrea
         Lucina
         Glycymeris

         Mytilidae
      Gastropoda
         Conidae
         Strombus
         Naticidae
         cf. Mathilda
         cf. Turritella
         cf. Cerithium
         Trochidae
      Bryozoa
         cf. Membranipora
      Arthropoda
         Crustacea
         cf. Balanus
         Ostracoda
      Coelenterata
         cf. Montastrea
      Protozoa
         Foraminifera
            Alveolinidae
      Ichnogenera
         Ophiomorpha
         Thallassanoides

Vertebrates

   Mammalia
      Cercopithecidae
         Libypithecus cf. markgrafi
         cf. Macaca
      Hominoidea
      Proboscidea
         Choerolophodon
         Anancus
         Stegotetrabelodon lybicus
         Stegodon
         Amebelodon

      Rhinocerotidae
         Brachypotherium cf. lewisi
      Equidae
         Hipparion sp. (large)
         Hipparion sp. (small)
       Anthracotheriidae
         Merycopotamus petrocchii
      Hippopotamidae
      Suidae
         Nyanzachoerus syrticus
         Nyanzachoerus cf. jaegeri
      Bovidae
         Bovini
            Leptobos syrticus
         Boselaphini
            Miotragoceros sp.
         Hippotragini
            cf. Hippotragus sp.
         Reduncini
            Kobus sp.
      Giraffidae
         Samotherium sp.
      Hyaenidae
         Percrocuta sp.
      Felidae
         Machairodus sp.
      Ursidae
         cf. Agriotherium
      Canidae
      Dugongidae
         Metaxytherium sp
      Hyracodontidae
      Rodentia
         Ctenodactylidae
         Indet.
      Cetacea
      Aves
         Indet.
      Crocodilidae
         Crocodilus checchiai
      Tomistomidae
      Chelonia
         cf. Trionyx
      Carcharidae
         Carcharodon sp.
      Myliobatidae
         Sphyrna sp.
      Centropomidae
         Lates sp.