Kolinga: Pliocene, Chad
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodibelodon schneideri n. gen., n. sp.
Coppens 1972
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Stegodon korotorensis n. sp.
Coppens 1965
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Mackaye et al. 2008 | ||||||
| recombined as Primelephas korotorensis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Chad |
| Coordinates: | 14.7° North, 17.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.6° North, 16.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92921 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-12-10 06:38:03 | Last modified: | 2009-12-10 08:38:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-12-10 06:38:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31390. | Y. Coppens. 1972. Un nouveau proboscidien du Pliocene du Tchad, Stegodibelodon schneideri nov. gen. nov. sp., et le phylum des stegotetrabelodontinae. Comptes Rendus de Academie de Sciences Paris, Series D 274:2962-2965 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |