Mansourah: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Algeria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Emys sigriz
Michahelles 1829
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Thomas 1878 | |||||||||
MNHN.F 1874-47, a partial steinkern of a carapace and plastron | ||||||||||
= Emys prosigriz n. sp.
Pallary 1901
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Pallary 1901 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Mauremys | ||||||||||
MNHN.F 1874-47 (holotype), a partial steinkern of a carapace and plastron | ||||||||||
Clemmys precaspica n. sp.
de Stefano 1902
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de Stefano 1902 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Mauremys | ||||||||||
MNHN, number unknown, shell | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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cf. Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus cf. maroccanus
Ennouchi 1953
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus cf. sirensis
Pomel 1896
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella cf. pomeli
Arambourg 1979
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Kobus aff. kob
(Erxleben 1777)
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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Oryx cf. gazella
(Linnaeus 1758)
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cf. Bos bubaloides
Arambourg 1979
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Tragelaphus cf. gaudryi
Thomas 1884
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium mauritanicum
Pomel 1888
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus cf. tabeti
Arambourg 1970
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Hipparion sp. sensu lato
de Christol 1832
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Algeria |
Coordinates: | 36.0° North, 4.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 36.0° North, 4.4° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "The rich and diverse fauna of large mammals from the Mansourah travertines clearly indicates an Early Pleistocene age and is associated with lithic industry of Oldowan technology." |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | travertine |
Secondary lithology: | yellow sandstone |
Lithology description: most or all fossils are from the bottom of three layers, which includes "travertines and yellow sands, rich in fauna, with fresh polyhedrons in quartzite or flint" | |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Geology comments: "It belongs to a series of fluvio-lacustrine formations" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Collection method comments: newly described material is from two university collections and one museum collection in Algeria | |
Taxonomic list comments:revises earlier reports of Bayle (1854), Gervais (1869), Thomas (1884), and Joleaud (1918), but includes previously undescribed material |
Metadata
Database number: | 69723 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-03-03 21:58:50 | Last modified: | 2008-12-16 20:29:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-03 21:58:50 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
23392. | Y. Chaid-Saoudi, D. Geraads, and J.-P. Raynal. 2006. The fauna and associated artefacts from the Lower Pleistocene site of Mansourah (Constantine, Algeria). Comptes Rendus Palevol 5(8):963-971 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
72630 | G. de Stefano. 1902. Cheloniani fossili cenozoici. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana 21:263-304 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
72629 | P. Pallary. 1901. Sur les mollusques fossiles terrestres, fluviatiles et saumatres de l'Algerie. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France 22:1-213 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
72628 | P. Thomas. 1878. Note sur une tortue fossile des terrains supérieurs du Mansourah (Province de Constantine). Revue des Sciences naturelles de Montpellier 7:22-27 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |