Toros-Menalla (TM 177): Messinian, Chad
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Primelephas korotorensis
(Coppens 1965)
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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 |
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: | 125348 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-03-08 14:33:04 | Last modified: | 2012-03-07 21:33:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-08 14:33:04 |
| 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] |