Bir El Ater (Eocene to of Algeria)

Also known as Southern slope of Nementcha Mountains

Where: Algeria (34.7° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 5.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian to Bartonian (41.3 - 33.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; sandstone

• sandy

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: C. Delmer, M. Mahboubi, R. Tabuce and P. Tassy. 2006. A new species of Moeritherium (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Eocene of Algeria: New perspectives on the ancestral morphotype of the genus. Palaeontology 49(2):421-434 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59733: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.04.2006, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Protophiomys algeriensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Protophiomys algeriensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Jaegar et al. 1985 rodent
UON 841 - holotype; hypodigm: UON 842-8422
 Rodentia - Phiomyidae
Phiomyidae indet. Wood 1955 rodent
 Rodentia - Anomaluridae
Anomaluridae indet. Gill 1872 scaly-tailed squirrel
Nementchamys lavocati n. gen. n. sp.1 Jaegar et al. 1985 scaly-tailed squirrel
UON 84-25 - holotype; hypodigm: UON 84-26 to 84-30
 Primates -
 Primates - Parapithecidae
Biretia piveteaui n. gen. n. sp.
Biretia piveteaui n. gen. n. sp. de Bonis et al. 1988 monkey
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869 anthracothere
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Hyainailourinae indet.2 creodont
UON 84-359
 Creodonta -
Masrasector cf. ligabuei2 Crochet et al. 1990 creodont
 Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Bunohyrax matsumotoi n. sp.3 hyrax
 Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Nementchatherium senarhense n. gen. n. sp.4 Tabuce et al. 2001 elephant shrew
UON 357 - holotype; referred material: UON 350-356 and 358
 Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae
Moeritherium chehbeurameuri n. sp. Delmer et al. 2006 proboscidean
UON 84-377 - holotype
 Insectivora -
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran