Toros-Menalla (TM 32): Messinian, Chad
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes riffautae n. sp.
de Bonis et al. 2007
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de Bonis et al. 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
TM 32-04-78 (holotype), two mandibular corpi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Primelephas korotorensis
(Coppens 1965)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Chad |
Coordinates: | 16.2° North, 17.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 16.0° North, 17.1° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 7 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Miocène supérieur": see info for other Toros-Menalla collections |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 125347 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, B. Allen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, B. Allen |
Modifier: | B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-03-08 14:32:44 | Last modified: | 2023-08-08 10:17:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-08 14:32:44 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
40696. | H. T. Mackaye, Y. Coppens, P. VIgnaud, F. Lihoreau, and M. Brunet. 2008. De nouveaux restes de Primelephas dans le Mio-Pliocène du Nord du Tchad et révision du genre Primelephas. Comptes Rendus Palevol 7(4):227-236 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
85606 | L. de Bonis, S. Peigné, A. Likius, H. Taïsso Mackaye, P. Vignaud and M. Brunet. 2007. The oldest African fox (Vulpes riffautae n. sp., Canidae, Carnivora) recovered in late Miocene deposits of the Djurab desert, Chad. Naturwissenschaften 94:575-580 [B. Allen/B. Allen] |