Toros-Menalla (TM 32): Messinian, Chad

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes riffautae n. sp. de Bonis et al. 2007
de Bonis et al. 2007 1 specimen
TM 32-04-78 (holotype), two mandibular corpi
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Primelephas korotorensis (Coppens 1965)
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]