Jebel Sehib: Serravallian - Tortonian, Tunisia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Perissodactyla indet.
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Proboscidea indet.
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
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Sirenia indet.
(Illiger 1811)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Palaeotragus sp.
Gaudry 1861
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Miotragocerus sp.
Stromer 1928
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Pachytragus solignaci
Robinson 1972
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Actinopteri
- Centropomidae
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Lates niloticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Geography
| Country: | Tunisia |
| Coordinates: | 34.2° North, 8.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.9° North, 8.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian - Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Beglia |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: clay, silts, and sands | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 118016 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-10-01 06:55:27 | Last modified: | 2022-03-02 07:20:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-01 06:55:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37957. | B. Mannai-Tayech. 2009. The lithostratigraphy of Miocene series from Tunisia, revisited. Journal of African Sciences 54:53-61 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/G. Varnham] |