Also known as Bled ed Douarah, Beglia Formation

Where: Gafsa, Tunisia (34.0° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 7.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• No radiometric dates. Originally described as Vindobonian in age. NOW database lists age as 12.5-9.5 Ma.

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•Mannaï-Tayech 2009: underlying Beglia sands were dated Serravallian to Lower Tortonian, based on their vertebrate faunal contents (Robinson and Black, 1974; Mannaï-Tayech and Otéro, 2005).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; poorly lithified, fine-grained, white, silty, sandy sandstone and poorly lithified, yellow, sandy sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ),

• Abundance data is incomplete, therefore collection size is an estimate.

•Fossils come from many localities, but it is often not reported from which. This collection reports fossils from all localites. Other PBDB collections report fauna known from specific localities. Hipparion is present in the upper yellow sands, but not in the lower white sands.

Primary reference: P. Robinson and C. C. Black. 1969. Note preliminaire sur les vertebres fossiles du Vinodobonien (formation Beglia), du Bled Douarah, Gouvernorat de Gafsa, Tunisie. Notes du Service Geologique Tunisie. Traveaux de Geologie Tunisienne 31(11):67-70 [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35277: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Suzanne Cote on 23.11.2003, edited by John Alroy

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