Bou Hanifia I: Late/Upper Miocene, Algeria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Paleotragus germaini
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Arambourg 1959 | 70 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus mauritanicus
Arambourg 1954
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Arambourg 1959 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Proboscidea
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Proboscidea indet.
Illiger 1811
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Arambourg 1959 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Percrocutidae
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Percrocuta algeriensis
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Arambourg 1959 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Samotherium sp.
Forsyth Major 1888
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Arambourg 1959 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella praegaudryi
Arambourg 1959
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Arambourg 1959 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
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Damalavus boroccoi
Arambourg 1959
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Arambourg 1959 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion primigenium
(von Meyer 1829)
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Arambourg 1959 | 20 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Hippotherium primigenium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus primaevus
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Arambourg 1959 | 60 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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Arambourg 1959 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Struthioniformes
- Struthionidae
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Struthio sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Arambourg 1959 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Algeria |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 0.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 0.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bou Hanifia | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Potassium-argon date on ash below the site gives an age of 12.18 +/- 1 Ma. NOW database gives an age of 11.2-9.5 Ma for the large mammal remains. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: The Bou Hanifia formation overlies marine levels rich in foraminifera and nanoplancton. The terrestrial deposits are overlain by transgressive marine sediments containing foraminifera. Bou Hanifia I is stratigraphically below Bou Hanifia II (rodent locality) and is 50 meters below Bou Hanifia V (rodent locality) | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),mechanical,field collection |
| Collection size: | 0 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collection size is an approximation. Total number of specimens not published | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Oued el Hamman, Bou Hanifia large mammal locality | ||
| Database number: | 34643 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | S. Cote |
| Modifier: | S. Cote | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-09-14 11:42:41 | Last modified: | 2003-09-15 11:53:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-14 11:42:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9165. | R. Ameur. 1984. Découverte de nouveaux rongeurs dans la formation Miocène de Bou Hanifia (Algérie Occidentale). Géobios 17(2):167-175 [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 9170 | C. Arambourg. 1959. Vertébrés continentaux du Miocène supérieur de l'afrique du nord. Publications du Service de la Carte Géologique de l'Algérie. Mémoire No. 4. 1-159 [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote] |