Also known as Bled el Douarah, yellow sands
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)
• Beglia Formation is divided into units. Two fossiliferous levels have been identified. The Upper Faunal Level is subdivided into two units- upper and lower subunits. The age of the formation is estimated to be 12.5-9.5 Ma. No more specific dating is available, however Hipparion is present in both subunits of the Upper Faunal Level.
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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).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; poorly lithified, yellow, conglomeratic sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ),
• Information on stratigraphic level is only available for some taxa.
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 35279: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Suzanne Cote on 24.11.2003
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Taxonomic list
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"Hipparion primigenium" = Hippotherium primigenium2
"Hipparion primigenium" = Hippotherium primigenium2 von Meyer 1829 hipparionine horse localities 4,16, 14, 7, 2, 6, 28
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Merycopotamus anisae n. sp.1
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Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
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Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes3
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