Also known as Mali-17; Mali 17
Where: Mali (16.7° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 4.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Teberemt Formation, Middle Paleocene to Middle Paleocene (61.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• Unit 3 - Middle to upper portion of the Teberemt Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney, E. Roberts, F. Sissoko, M. L. Bouaré, L. Tapanila and M. A. O'Leary. 2007. Acleistochelys, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Mali. American Museum Novitates 3549:1-24 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 115411: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.09.2011, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
"Oriolampas michelini" = Plesiolampas
"Oriolampas michelini" = Plesiolampas sea urchin | |
Linthia sudanensis Bather 1904 heart urchin | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylomorpha indet. crocodilian | |
Acleistochelys maliensis n. gen. n. sp.
Acleistochelys maliensis n. gen. n. sp. Gaffney et al. 2007 sideneck turtle CNRST SUNY 199 - holotype (Partial skull including fragments of the lower jaw, lacking some of the left temporal region, and both posterior parts of the skull roof. Associated shell fragments include the anterior margin of the nuchal, neurals one and four, and peripheral two. A partial cervical vertebra and some pelvic fragments are present)
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Chondrichthyes | |
Eotorpedo hilgendorfi Jaekel 1904 torpedo | |
Cephalopoda | |
Deltoidonautilus sp. Spath 1927 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Trochoidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
? Cerithioidea indet. Férussac 1819 snail | |
Turritellinae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell | |
? Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk | |
Heligmotoma ? oluwolei Adegoke 1977 snail
? Cornulina sp. Conrad 1853 snail | |
? Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829 volute
? Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute | |
? Stromboidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Tibia sp. Röding 1798 true conch | |
Bivalvia | |
? Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Ostreida indet. Fërussac 1822 oyster | |
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster | |
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam | |
Raetomya schweinfurthi Mayer-Eymar 1887 clam | |
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam | |
? Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel | |
Angiospermae | |
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Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944 |