Jebel Chambi: Ypresian - Lutetian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Palaeocyclolitus sp.
Batraciens indet.
Hartenberger et al. 2001
Raskyella cf. sahariana
Hartenberger et al. 2001
Gastropoda
Bulimus sp. Bruguière 1792
Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Narcinidae
? Narcine sp. Henle 1834
Benoit et al. 2013 1 specimen
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Court 1993
UM-CB1 02
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zegdoumyidae
Zegdoumys sbetlai n. sp. Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
CBI 11 - type
Mammalia - Primates - Djebelemuridae
Djebelemur martinezi n. gen., n. sp. Hartenberger and Marandat 1992
Gunnell and Miller 2001
CBI-1-33 - holotype; referred material: CBI-1-14, 544, 545, 565-587
Mammalia
? Erinaceomorpha indet. Gregory 1910
Hartenberger et al. 2001
Mammalia - Chambelestidae
Chambilestes foussanensis n. gen., n. sp. Gheerbrant and Hartenberger 1999
Gheerbrant and Hartenberger 1999
CBI-50 - holotype
Mammalia - Lipotyphla
? Lipotyphla indet. Haeckel 1866
Hartenberger et al. 2001
synonym of Eulipotyphla
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Necromantidae
Necromantis fragmentum n. sp. Ravel et al. 2016
Ravel et al. 2016
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Palaeophyllophora tunisiensis n. sp. Ravel et al. 2016
Ravel et al. 2016
Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus) africanum n. sp. Ravel et al. 2016
Ravel et al. 2016
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821
Ravel et al. 2016
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
Vespertiliavus kasserinensis n. sp. Ravel et al. 2016
Ravel et al. 2016
Vespertiliavus aenigma n. sp. Ravel et al. 2016
Ravel et al. 2016
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Nycteridae
Khoufechia gunnelli n. gen., n. sp.
Ravel et al. 2016
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chambinycteris pusilli n. gen., n. sp. Ravel et al. 2016
Ravel et al. 2016
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Philisidae
Dizzya exsultans Sige 1991
Hartenberger et al. 2001
Witwatia sigei Ravel et al. 2012
Ravel et al. 2012
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Nycterididae
Nycterididae indet. Vanderhoevan 1855
Hartenberger et al. 2001
Mammalia - Creodonta
Parvavorodon gheerbranti Solé et al. 2014
Solé et al. 2016
CBI-1-555-558 and 613
Teratodontinae indet. (Savage 1965)
Solé et al. 2016
CBI-1-614
Furodon crocheti Solé et al. 2014
Solé et al. 2016
CBI-1-550-554 and 612
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae
Titanohyrax tantalus n. sp. Court and Hartenberger 1992
"cf. Pachyhyrax" and "cf. Saghatherium" of Hartenberger et al. 1985
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Chambius kasserinensis n. gen., n. sp. Hartenberger 1986
Hartenberger et al. 2001
Mammalia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet. (Illiger 1811)
Benoit et al. 2013 1 specimen
CBI-1-542
Mammalia
Kasserinotherium tunisiense Crochet 1986
Hartenberger et al. 2001
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Hartenberger et al. 2001
see common names

Geography
Country:Tunisia
Coordinates: 35.2° North, 8.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.0° North, 6.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian - Lutetian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 41.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chambi
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "from a 2 m thickness" of a single lithology
Early Eocene age assignment based on stage of evolution of rodents
Late Ypresisan-Early Lutetian age from Benoit et al (2013)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "lacustrine limestone"
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:details of an extensive mammalian fauna are omitted by Court and Hartenberger
Metadata
Also known as:Djebel Chambi; Chambi CBI-1
Database number:87795
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion, M. Uhen, K. Beard, P. Coster Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Coster, M. Uhen, P. Mannion, M. Jones
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-03-24 20:07:57 Last modified:2017-08-14 10:39:42
Access level:the public Released:2009-03-24 20:07:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29526. N. Court and J.-L. Hartenberger. 1992. A new species of the hyracoid mammal Titanohyax from the Eocene of Tunisia. Palaeontology 35(2):309-317 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

44325 J. Benoit, S. Adnet, E. El Mabrouk, H. Khayati, M. Ben Haj Ali, L. Marivaux, G. Merzeraud, S. Merigeaud, M. Vianey-Liaud and R. Tabuce. 2013. Cranial remain from Tunisia provides new clues for the origin and evolution of Sirenia (Mammalia, Afrotheria) in Africa. PLoS One 8(1):e54307 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
47472 P. Coster, M. Benammi, M. Mahboubi, R. Tabuce, M. Adaci, L. Marivaux, M. Bensalah, S. Mahoubi, A. Mhboubi, F. Mebrouk, C. Mameri and J.-J. Jaeger. 2012. Chronology of the Eocene continental deposits of Africa: Magnetostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the El Kohol and Glib Zegdou Formations, Algeria. GSA Bulletin 124(9/10):1590-1606 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
57992 N. Court. 1993. An enigmatic new mammal from the Eocene of North Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(2):267-269 [P. Coster/P. Coster]
57486 E. Gheerbrant and J. L. Hartenberger. 1999. Nouveau mammifère insectivore (?Lipotyphla, ?Erinaceomorpha) de l’Eocène inférieur de Chambi (Tunisie). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 73(1):143-156 [P. Coster/P. Coster/P. Mannion]
29563 G. F. Gunnell and E. R. Miller. 2001. Origin of anthropoidea: Dental evidence and recognition of early anthropoids in the fossil record, with comments on the Asian anthropoid radiation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 114(3):177-191 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
44327 J.-L. Hartenberger, J.-Y. Crochet, C. Martinez, B. Marandat, and B. Sige. 2001. The Eocene mammalian fauna of Chambi (Tunisia) in its geological context. In G. F. Gunnell (ed.), Eocene Biodiversity: Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats 237-250 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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64103 A. Ravel, M. Adaci, M. Bensalah, A.-L. Charruault, E. M. Essid, H. K. Ammar, W. Marzougui, M. Mahboubi, F. Merbrouk, G. Merzeraud, M. Vianey-Liaud, R. Tabuce, and L. Marvaux. 2016. Origine et radiation initiale des chauves-souris modernes : nouvelles découvertes dans l’Éocène d’Afrique du Nord. Geodiversitas 38(3):355-434 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
66476 A. Ravel, L. Marivaux, R. Tabuce, M. Ben Haj Ali, E. L. Essid and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2012. A new large philisid (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionoidea) from the late early Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia. Palaeontology 55(5):1035-1041 [K. Beard/M. Jones]
60815 F. Solé, E. M. Essid, W. Marzougui, R. Temani, H. K. Ammar, M. Mahboubi, L. Marivaux, M. Vianey-Liaud, and R. Tabuce. 2016. New fossils of Hyaenodonta (Mammalia) from the Eocene localities of Chambi (Tunisia) and Bir el Ater (Algeria), and the evolution of the earliest African hyaenodonts. Palaeontologia Electronica 19(3):41A:1-23 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
62797 R. Tabuce. 2017. New remains of Chambius kasserinensis from the Eocene of Tunisia and evaluation of proposed affinities for Macroscelidea (Mammalia, Afrotheria). Historical Biology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
59772 M. Vianey-Liaud, J.-J. Jaeger, J.L. Hartenberger and M. Mahboubi. 1994. Les rongeurs de l'Eocène d'Afrique Nord-Occidentale [Glib Zegdou (Algérie) et Chambi (Tunisie)] et l'origine des anomaluridae. Palaeovertebrata 23(1-4):93-118 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]