Toros-Menalla (TM 90): Messinian, Chad

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Rallidae indet. Vigors 1825
or Heliornithidae indet.
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Heliornithidae
Heliopais cf. personata (Gray 1849)
recombined as Heliopais personatus
Reptilia - Suliformes - Anhingidae
Anhinga sp. Brisson 1760
Anhinga cf. melanogaster Pennant 1769
Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
cf. Mycteria sp. Linnaeus 1758
or Ciconia sp.
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Chad
Coordinates: 16.2° North, 17.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.0° North, 17.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Messinian
Age range of interval:7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 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)"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Lithology description: poorly cemented sandstone
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:192292
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-03-21 14:37:51 Last modified:2018-03-21 14:37:51
Access level:the public Released:2018-03-21 14:37:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

65061. A. Louchart, Y. Haile-Selassie, P. Vignaud, A. Likius, and M. Brunet. 2008. Fossil birds from the Late Miocene of Chad and Ethiopia and zooge- ographical implications. Oryctos 7:147-167 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]