KL11: Zanclean, Chad
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Primelephas korotorensis
(Coppens 1965)
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Geography
| Country: | Chad |
| Coordinates: | 16.2° North, 18.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.1° North, 18.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Pliocene, 5 to 4 Ma (see KL09) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: fluvio-lacustrine fossiliferous sandstones with a great amount of bioturbation that alternates sequentially with lacustrine datomites and clays (see KL09) | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Kolle | ||
| Database number: | 125349 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-03-08 14:36:09 | Last modified: | 2012-03-07 21:36:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-08 14:36:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40696. | H. T. Mackaye, Y. Coppens, P. VIgnaud, F. Lihoreau, and M. Brunet. 2008. De nouveaux restes de Primelephas dans le Mio-Pliocène du Nord du Tchad et révision du genre Primelephas. Comptes Rendus Palevol 7(4):227-236 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |