Kolle: Zanclean, Chad

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Selenetherium kolleensis n. gen., n. sp. Mackaye et al. 2005
Mackaye et al. 2005
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon mingoz n. sp. Boisserie et al. 2003
75 specimens
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
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
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:KL
Database number:59831
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-04-17 12:27:33 Last modified:2006-04-17 15:27:33
Access level:the public Released:2006-04-17 12:27:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17165. J.-R. Boisserie, M. Brunet, L. Andossa and P. Vignaud. 2003. Hippopotamids from the Djurab Pliocene faunas, Chad, Central Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences 36:15-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

60260 H. T. Mackaye, M. Brunet, and P. Tassy. 2005. Selenetherium kolleensis nov. gen. nov. sp.: un nouveau Proboscidea (Mammalia) dans le Pliocène tchadien. Geobios 38(6):765-777 [M. Uhen/K. Neitz/M. Uhen]