KL12: Zanclean, Chad

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Primelephas korotorensis (Coppens 1965)
see common names

Geography
Country:Chad
Coordinates: 16.2° North, 18.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.1° North, 18.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Pliocene, 5 to 4 Ma (see KL09)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: fluvio-lacustrine fossiliferous sandstones with a great amount of bioturbation that alternates sequentially with lacustrine datomites and clays (see KL09)
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Kolle
Database number:125350
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-03-08 14:36:21 Last modified:2012-03-07 21:36:21
Access level:the public Released:2012-03-08 14:36:21
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]