Wadi Sarrat, Mahjouba-Tejerouine Wetlands: Middle Pleistocene, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Geomitridae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Sphincterochilidae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Achatinidae
unclassified
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Reptilia - Testudines
"Emys sp. or Mauremys sp."
Reptilia - Natricidae
Reptilia - Colubridae
Reptilia - Passeriformes
Passeriformes indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
OS10-02 (holotype), cranium with both palates, with right maxillary fragment preserving P1-P2, distal part of the P3 and P4–M1and left maxillary preserving I1, P1, P3, and the mesial portion of P4
Mammalia - Suidae
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
Mammalia
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Praomys sp. Thomas 1915
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys sp. Wagner 1840
see common names

Geography
Country:Tunisia State/province:Kef
Coordinates: 35.8° North, 8.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.6° North, 8.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Chibanian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.774 - 0.129 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 0.7 Ma (unknown)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Black
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "The fauna is from the early middle Pleistocene black level, dated 0.7 Ma" (Amri et al. 2017)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty,sandy conglomerate
Environment:mire/swamp
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:196971
Authorizer:M. Uhen, B. Allen Enterer:A. Munro, B. Allen
Modifier:B. Allen
Created:2018-10-15 15:48:07 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2018-10-15 15:48:07
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
67090. L. Amri, S. B. Lucenti, M. S. Mtimet, N. Karoui-Yaakouba, S. Ros-Montoyad, M. Espigaresd, M. Boughdiria, N. B. H. Alie, and B. Martínez-Navarro. 2017. Canis othmanii sp. nov. (Carnivora, Canidae) from the early Middle Pleistocene site of Wadi Sarrat (Tunisia). Comptes Rendus Palevol 16(7):774-782 [M. Uhen/A. Munro/B. Allen]