Also known as Malemba, Malembo
Where: Cabinda, Angola (5.3° S, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° S, 7.9° E)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• originally thought to be "Miocene" but early Oligocene according to Pickford (1986)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: E. Dartevelle. 1935. Les premiers restes de mammiferes du Tertiaire du Congo: La faune Miocene de Malembe. Comptes - rendus du Congres National des Sciences (Brussels) 1:715-720 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56682: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2005, edited by Pauline Coster
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872 chalicothere | |
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse | |
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig | |
Palaeochoerus sp. Pomel 1847 even-toed ungulate | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
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"Mastodon sp." = Mammut
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut Blumenbach 1799 mastodon |