KL09: Zanclean, Chad
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus djourabensis n. sp.
Lehmann et al. 2004
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1 individual | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Primelephas korotorensis
(Coppens 1965)
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Mackaye et al. 2008 | |||||||||
from "KL9" | ||||||||||
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 |
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: | Kolle | ||
Database number: | 96047 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-05-07 13:16:40 | Last modified: | 2012-03-07 21:35:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-05-07 13:16:40 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
32593. | T. Lehmann, P. Vignaud, H. T. Mackaye and M. Brunet. 2004. A fossil aardvark (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from the lower Pliocene of Chad. Journal of African Earth Sciences 40:201-217 [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] |