Gafsa (Eocene of Tunisia)
Where: Gafsa, Tunisia (34.4° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 26.5° N, 6.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Stefano. 1903. Nuovi rettili degli strati a fosfato della Tunisia. Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana 22:51-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 151620: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.10.2013, edited by Patricia Holroyd
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Taxonomic list
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| Reptilia | |
Gafsachelys phosphaticus n. gen. n. sp., "Gafsachelys neurirregularis n. sp." = Crassachelys neurirregularis, Eusarkia rotundiformis n. gen. n. sp.
Gafsachelys phosphaticus n. gen. n. sp. sideneck turtle
"Gafsachelys neurirregularis n. sp." = Crassachelys neurirregularis Bergounioux 1952 sideneck turtle
Eusarkia rotundiformis n. gen. n. sp. Bergounioux 1952 sideneck turtle | |
Lytoloma crassa n. sp., Lytoloma elegans n. sp.
Lytoloma crassa n. sp. Bergounioux 1952 sea turtle
Lytoloma elegans n. sp. Bergounioux 1952 sea turtle | |
Pliosaurus phosphaticus n. sp.
Pliosaurus phosphaticus n. sp. Stefano 1903 crocodilian | |
Dyrosaurus phosphaticus n. sp.
Dyrosaurus phosphaticus n. sp. Thomas 1893 crocodilian | |