Where: Chad (16.2° N, 17.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 17.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• 5.2-7.4 Ma

•all terrestrial vertebrates are from "the middle part of the section (about 2m thick... informally named the anthracotheriid unit (AU)"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Likius, P. Vignaud, and M. Brunet. 2007. Une nouvelle espèce du genre Bohlinia (Mammalia, Giraffidae) du Miocène supérieur de Toros-Menalla, Tchad. Comptes Rendus Palevol 6:211-220 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78334: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 03.02.2008, edited by Mark Uhen

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