Menacer: Late/Upper Miocene, Algeria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Tragocerina indet.
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Boselaphini | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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? Zygolophodon cf. turicensis
(Schintz 1824)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Indarctos aff. arctoides
Deperet 1895
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Allohyaena algeriensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Dinocrocuta | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion primigenium
(von Meyer 1829)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Hippotherium primigenium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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cf. Nyanzachoerus sp.
Leakey 1958
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Palaeotragus germaini
Arambourg 1959
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Neotragini indet.
Sclater and Thomas 1894
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
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Primates indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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? Macaca sp.
Lacépède 1799
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31 specimens | |||||||||
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? Colobus flandrini
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Algeria |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 2.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.1° North, 1.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: No radiometric dates available. A Turolian age (5-7 Ma) is reported in the NOW database and is based on faunal correlations. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified lignite | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: Fossiliferous lignites are interstratified with continental sands and lacustrine deposits. These beds are 200-250 meters thick. | |||
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | volcanic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Size sorting: | poor |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Collection size: | 79 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN |
| Collection method comments: Number of unidentified specimens not reported. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Marceau | ||
| Database number: | 34642 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | S. Cote |
| Modifier: | S. Cote | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-09-14 10:27:57 | Last modified: | 2003-09-14 13:48:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-14 10:27:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9164. | H. Thomas and G. Petter. 1986. Révision de la fuane de mammifères du Miocène supérieur de Menacer (ex-Marceau), Algérie: Discussion sur l'âge du gisement. Géobios 19(3):357-373 [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/J. Alroy] |