Oued Thelja (Miocene to of Tunisia)

Also known as Metaloui, Al-Mitlawi

Where: Tunisia (34.3° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 7.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Beglia Formation, Serravallian to Serravallian (13.8 - 7.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; claystone and siltstone

• clay, silts, and sands

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Mannai-Tayech. 2009. The lithostratigraphy of Miocene series from Tunisia, revisited. Journal of African Sciences 54:53-61 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 118015: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Perissodactyla indet., Proboscidea indet.
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Palaeotragus sp.
Palaeotragus sp. Gaudry 1861 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Pachytragus solignaci, Miotragocerus sp., Gazella sp.
Pachytragus solignaci Robinson 1972 antelope
Miotragocerus sp. Stromer 1928 antelope
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Sirenia -
Sirenia indet.
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates niloticus
Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
nile perch