Malembe (Oligocene of Angola)

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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates -
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
 Artiodactyla -
Palaeochoerus sp. Pomel 1847 even-toed ungulate
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Bunohyrax aff. mirus2, "Geniohyus aff. fajumensis" = Bunohyrax fajumensis2
"Geniohyus aff. fajumensis" = Bunohyrax fajumensis2 Andrews 1904 hyrax
 Sirenia -
Sirenia indet.1 sirenian
 Embrithopoda - Arsinoitheriidae
Arsinoitherium indet.2 Beadnell 1902 placental
 Proboscidea -
? Phiomia indet.2 Andrews and Beadnell 1902 proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut Blumenbach 1799 mastodon