Toros-Menalla (TM 171) (Miocene of Chad)

Where: Chad (16.2° N, 17.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 17.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Peigne, L. de Bonis, A. Likius, H. Taisso MacKaye, P. Vignaud and M. Brunet. 2008. Late Miocene Carnivora from Chad: Lutrinae (Mustelidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152:793-846 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220434: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 01.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Sivaonyx beyi n. sp. Peigne et al. 2008 otter
TM 171-01-033