Butte de Tamaguilelt (MNHN collection): Ypresian, Mali
collected 1975
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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| Patterson and Longbottom 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||||||
| MNHN TGE2000, 2001, 2002 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Palaeophis colossaeus n. sp.
Rage 1983
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267 specimens | |||||||||
| MNHN.F.TGE 614 - type | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Tilemsisuchus lavocati n. gen., n. sp.
Buffetaut 1980
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Buffetaut 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MNHN Tgm 500 - holotype (mandible) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mali |
| Coordinates: | 17.6° North, 0.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.0° North, 2.8° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56 - 48.07 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tamaguélelt | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Ypresian age after Coster et al. (2012) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN | Collection dates: | 1975 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tamaguélelt | ||
| Database number: | 48097 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Head, P. Mannion, M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Head, P. Mannion, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-13 19:56:54 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-13 19:56:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12884. | J.-C. Rage. 1983. Palaeophis colossaeus nov. sp. (le plus grand Seprent connu?) de l’Eocène du Mali et le problème du genre chez les Palaeopheinae. Comptes Rendus à l’ Académie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 2(296):1741-1744 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head] |
Secondary references:
| 50047 | E. Buffetaut. 1983. Wounds on the jaw of an eocene mesosuchian crocodilian as possible evidence for the antiquity of crocodilian intraspecific fighting behaviour. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 57(1-2):143-145 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 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] | |
| 65788 | J. A. McCartney, E. M. Roberts, Tapanila and M. A. O'Leary. 2018. Large palaeophiid and nigerophiid snakes from Paleogene Trans-Saharan Seaway deposits of Mali. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63(2):207-220 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 72276 | C. Patterson and A. E. Longbottom. 1989. An Eocene amiid fish from Mali, west Africa. Copeia 1989:827-836 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |