Also known as Djebel Chambi; Chambi CBI-1
Where: Tunisia (35.2° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.0° N, 6.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chambi Formation, Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)
• "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)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87795: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 24.03.2009, edited by Mark Uhen, Pauline Coster, Philip Mannion and Matthew Jones
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Raskyella | |
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Bulimus sp. Bruguière 1792 snail | |
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Zegdoumys sbetlai n. sp.9
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Djebelemur martinezi n. gen. n. sp.4
Djebelemur martinezi n. gen. n. sp.4 Hartenberger and Marandat 1992 primate CBI-1-33 - holotype; referred material: CBI-1-14, 544, 545, 565-587
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Chambilestes foussanensis n. gen. n. sp.3
Chambilestes foussanensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Gheerbrant and Hartenberger 1999 placental CBI-50 - holotype
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"? Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla5
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Necromantis fragmentum n. sp.6
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Khoufechia gunnelli n. gen. n. sp.6
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Chambinycteris pusilli n. gen. n. sp.6
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Titanohyrax tantalus n. sp.
Titanohyrax tantalus n. sp. Court and Hartenberger 1992 hyrax "cf. Pachyhyrax" and "cf. Saghatherium" of Hartenberger et al. 1985
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Chambius kasserinensis n. gen. n. sp.5
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