Metlaoui (Eocene of Tunisia)
Also known as Al-Mitlawi
Where: Tunisia (34.3° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 26.5° N, 5.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Gafsa Phosphates Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. T. J. Moody. 1972. The turtle fauna of the Eocene phosphates of Metaloui, Tunisia. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 83(3):327-336 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 106501: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.03.2011, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Dyrosaurus choumovitchi n. sp.1, "Dyrosaurus phosphaticus" = Dyrosaurus phosphaticus1, "Dyrosaurus berneti n. sp." = Dyrosaurus phosphaticus1, "Dyrosaurus variabilis n. sp." = Dyrosaurus phosphaticus1, Phosphatosaurus gavialoides n. gen. n. sp.1
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Rhabdosaurus acutirostris n. gen. n. sp.1
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Gafsachelys phosphatica Stefano 1903 sideneck turtle
Eusarkia rotundiformis Bergounioux 1952 sideneck turtle
Crassachelys neurirregularis Bergounioux 1952 sideneck turtle | |