Where: Chad (16.3° N, 18.7° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° N, 18.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• According to De Bonis et al. (2008), the geologic age of the main KB locality has been estimated to be about 5 Ma by biochronologic estimation and about 5.3 Ma by radiometric studies on cosmogenic nuclides of beryllium (authigenic 10B/9B). However, KB24 is "much younger" according to Geraads et al. (2009);.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; unlithified, bioturbated, green sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Brunet, A. Beuavilain, D. Billiou, H. Bocherens, J. R. Boisserie, L. De Bonis, P. Branger, A. Brunet, Y. Coppens, R. Daams, J. Dejax, C. Denys, P. Duringer, V. Eisenmann, F. Fanoné, P. M. Fronty Gayet, D. Gerrads, F. Guy, M. Kasser, G. Koufos, A. Likus, N. Lopez-Martinez, and A. Lo. 2000. Chad: discovery of a vertebrate fauna close to the Mio-Pliocene boundary. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(1):205-209 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209295: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.04.2020

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