Where: Thies region, Senegal (14.3° N, 16.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 20.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lumachelle calcaire marin Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal packstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: A. Gorodiski and R. Lavocat. 1953. Premiere decouverte de Mammiferes dans le Tertiaire (Lutetien) du Senegal. Comptes Rendus sommaires de la Societe geologique de France 15:315-317 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36616: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 07.02.2004, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes1
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Mammalia | |
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? Moeritherium sp. Andrews 1901 proboscidean | |
Saloumia gorodiskii n. gen. n. sp.2
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Bivalvia | |