Rooilepel: Middle Miocene, Namibia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Namibchersus sp.
de Lapparent de Broin 2003
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Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus minutus
Pickford 1975
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Geography
| Country: | Namibia |
| Coordinates: | 28.3° South, 16.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.8° South, 15.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: basal middle Miocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96072 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-05-13 06:49:17 | Last modified: | 2010-05-13 09:49:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-05-13 06:49:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32612. | M. Pickford. 2003. Minute species of Orycteropus from the early Middle Miocene at Arrisdrift, Namibia. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19:195-198 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 66484 | F. de Lapparent de Broin. 2003. Miocene Chelonians from southern Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19:67-102 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |