Where: Chad (16.2° N, 17.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 17.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• 5.2-7.4 Ma
•all terrestrial vertebrates are from "the middle part of the section (about 2m thick... informally named the anthracotheriid unit (AU)"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J.-R. Boisserie, A. Likius, P. Vignaud and M. Brunet. 2005. A New Late Miocene Hippopotamid from Toros-Menalla, Chad. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):665-673 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97223: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Hexaprotodon garyam n. sp.
Hexaprotodon garyam n. sp. Boisserie et al. 2005 pygmy hippo |