Djebel Krechem el Artsouma (Miocene of Tunisia)

Also known as Djebel ech Cherichira

Where: Tunisia (33.2° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 0.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: lower Member (Segui Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: D. Geraads. 1989. Vertebres fossiles du Miocene Superieur du Djebel Krechem el Artouma (Tunisie Centrale). Comparisons biostratigraphiques. GĂ©obios 22(6):777-801 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 65170: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2006, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Brachypotherium sp. Roger 1904 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
? Nyanzachoerus sp. Leakey 1958 pig
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869 anthracothere
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840 dugong
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Tetralophodon sp. Falconer 1857 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon sp. Schlesinger 1917 proboscidean
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Euthecodon cf. nitriae Fortau 1920 crocodile
Crocodylus cf. checchiai Maccagno 1947 crocodile