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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
cf. Diceros douariensis black rhino
Brachypotherium sp. Roger 1904 rhinoceros | |
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869 anthracothere | |
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope | |
? Nyanzachoerus sp. Leakey 1958 pig
aff. Propotamochoerus indet. Pilgrim 1925 pig | |
Tetralophodon sp. Falconer 1857 gomphothere | |
Choerolophodon sp. Schlesinger 1917 proboscidean | |
Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840 dugong | |
Reptilia | |
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle | |
Crocodylus cf. checchiai Maccagno 1947 crocodile
Euthecodon cf. nitriae Fortau 1920 crocodile |