Kpogamé-Hahotoe: Lutetian, Togo
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Palaeorhinocodon wardi
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? Anaxypristis sp.
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Protosirenidae
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Sirenia indet.
Illiger 1811
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Gingerich et al. 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
= Protosirenidae indet.
Sickenberg 1934
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Gingerich and Cappetta 2014 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Dugongidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Gingerich and Cappetta 2014 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Protocetidae
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Archaeoceti indet.
Flower 1883
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Gingerich et al. 1992 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
= Protocetidae indet.
Stromer 1908
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Gingerich and Cappetta 2014 | |||||||||
? Carolinacetus sp.
Geisler et al. 2005
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Mourlam and Orliac 2018 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Pappocetus sp.
Andrews 1920
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= Togocetus traversi
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Gingerich and Cappetta 2014 | |||||||||
Togocetus traversei n. gen., n. sp.
Gingerich and Cappetta 2014
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Gingerich and Cappetta 2014 | 138 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Palaeophis africanus
Andrews 1924
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Georgalis et al. 2021 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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? Gigantornis sp.
Andrews 1916
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Bourdon and Cappetta 2012 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Acipenseriformes
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Cylindracanthus sp.
Leidy 1856
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Chondrichthyes
- Odontaspidida
- Lamiostomatidae
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Xiphodolamia eocaena
Woodward 1889
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Gymnuridae
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Gymnura sp.
Van Hasselt 1823
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Leidybatis jugosus
(Leidy 1876)
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? Mobula sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Burnhamia sp.
Cappetta 1976
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Archaeomanta cf. melenhorsti
Herman 1979
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Myliobatis cf. dixoni
Agassiz 1843
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recombined as Aetomylaeus dixoni | ||||||||||
Rhinoptera sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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sp. 1-7 | ||||||||||
Dasyatis cf. jaekeli
(Leriche 1906)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
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Arechia sp.
Cappetta 1983
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Merabatis sp.
Cappetta 1983
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Coupatezia sp.
Cappetta 1982
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Chondrichthyes
- Torpediniformes
- Narcinidae
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Narcine sp.
Henle 1834
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Rhinobatos sp.
Link 1790
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis lathami
Galeotti 1837
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Propristis schweinfurthi
Priem 1897
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Rhynchobatidae
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Rhynchobatus sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Synodontaspis koeni
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Synodontaspis sp.
White 1931
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sp. 1 & 2 | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus praecursor
Thurmond and Jones 1981
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles debrayi
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Hemiscylliidae
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Chiloscyllium sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Ginglymostoma angolense
Dartevelle and Casier 1943
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Nebrius blanckenhorni
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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? Hemigaleidae indet.
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Physogaleus sp.
Cappetta 1980
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Rhizoprionodon cf. ganntourensis
(Arambourg 1952)
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo latidens
(Agassiz 1835)
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Galeocerdo eaglesomei
White 1926
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Scyliorhinus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Abdounia sp.
Cappetta 1980
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Galeorhinus sp.
de Blainville and Prévost 1816
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Togo |
Coordinates: | 6.3° North, 1.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 1.2° North, 4.6° West |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
*Period: | Middle Tertiary - Middle Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Eocene - Middle Eocene |
Key time interval: | Lutetian | Foram zone: | P11 |
Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: deposits simply referred to as the Kpogame-Hahotoe phosphates
Type locality is the highly fossiliferous stratigraphic level near the top of mining level Couche-1, the ‘‘bone-bed reposant’’ (BBR) Planktonic foraminiferal zone P11 in the middle Lutetian, middle Eocene (Cappetta and Traverse, 1988; zone E9 of Berggren and Pearson, 2005). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | salvage,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 32991 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2003-07-22 06:59:26 | Last modified: | 2021-11-12 12:50:43 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-07-22 06:59:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26719. | H. Cappetta and M. Traverse. 1988. Une riche faune de Selaciens dans le Bassin a Phosphate de Kpogame-Hahotoe (Eocene moyen du Togo): Note preliminaire et precisions sur la structure et l'age du gisement. Geobios 21(3):359-365 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
42365 | E. Bourdon and H. Cappetta. 2012. Pseudo-toothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) from the Eocene phosphate deposits of Togo, Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(4):965-970 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
78611 | G. L. Georgalis, G. Guinot, K. E. Kassegne, Y. Z. Amoudji, A. K. C. Johnson, H. Cappetta, and L. Hautie. 2021. An assemblage of giant aquatic snakes (Serpentes, Palaeophiidae) from the Eocene ofTogo. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 140(20):1-18 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
33106 | P. D. Gingerich. 2010. Cetacea. In L. Werdelin & W. J. Sanders (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa 873-899 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
8838 | P. D. Gingerich, H. Cappetta, and M. Traverse. 1992. Marine mammals (Cetacea and Sirenia) from the Middle Eocene of Kpogame-Hahotoe in Togo. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(3):29A-30A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
49848 | P. D. Gingerich and H. Cappetta. 2014. A new archaeocete and other marine mammals (Cetacea and Sirenia) from lower middle Eocene phosphate deposits of Togo. Journal of Paleontology 88(1):109-129 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion] | |
78043 | K. E. Kassegne, M. J. Mourlam, G. Guinot, Y. Z. Amoudji, J. E. Martin, K. A. Togbe, A. K. Johnson and L. Hautier. 2021. First partial cranium of Togocetus from Kpogamé (Togo) and the protocetid diversity in the Togolese phosphate basin. Annales de Paléontologie 107:102488 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
62390 | M. J. Mourlam and M. J. Orliac. 2018. Protocetid (Cetacea, Artiodactyla) bullae and petrosals from the middle Eocene locality of Kpogamé, Togo: new insights into the early history of cetacean hearing. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(8):621-644 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner] |