Also known as Bled ed Douarah, white sands, lower level

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 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).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; poorly lithified, coarse-grained, white, sandy sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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

• Information on stratigraphic level and abundance 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 35281: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Suzanne Cote on 24.11.2003

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