Toros-Menalla (TM 60): Messinian, Chad
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Ciconiiformes
- Ciconiidae
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Mycteria sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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or Ciconia sp | ||||||||||
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: | 192293 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-03-21 14:40:37 | Last modified: | 2018-03-21 14:40:37 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-03-21 14:40:37 |
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] |