Toros-Melina (TM 258) (Miocene of Chad)

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

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

• Anthracotheriid Unit, TM area (northern

•Chad), terminal Late Miocene, 7.2–6.8 Ma

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Lihoreau, J.-R. Boisserie, C. Blondel, L. Jacques, A. Likius, H. T. Mackaye, P. Vignaud and M. Brunet. 2014. Description and palaeobiology of a new species of Libycosaurus (Cetartiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Toros-Menalla, northern Chad. Journal of Systemartic Paleontology [G. Slater/G. Slater]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230315: authorized by Graham Slater, entered by Graham Slater on 08.06.2023

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Libycosaurus bahri n. sp. Lihoreau et al. 2014 anthracothere