Toros-Menalla (TM 242): Messinian, Chad
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Afrocygnus chauvireae
Louchart 2005
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Louchart et al. 2008 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Bohlinia adoumi n. sp.
Likius et al. 2007
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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: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 78334 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. van den Hoek Ostende, M. Uhen | Enterer: | L. van den Hoek Ostende, M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-03 12:50:21 | Last modified: | 2008-02-03 14:50:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-03 12:50:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26369. | A. Likius, P. Vignaud, and M. Brunet. 2007. Une nouvelle espèce du genre Bohlinia (Mammalia, Giraffidae) du Miocène supérieur de Toros-Menalla, Tchad. Comptes Rendus Palevol 6:211-220 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/S. Bruning] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |