Aïn Boucherit (Pleistocene of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (36.2° N, 2.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 2.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• "probably close in age to the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary, at c. 1.8–2 Ma" (Geraads 2011)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Arambourg. 1979. Vertébrés villafranchiens d’Afrique du Nord (Artiodactyles, Carnivores, Primates, Reptiles, Oiseaux). 1-141 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224087: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 13.01.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella setifensis, Parantidorcas latifrons n. gen. n. sp., Cephalophus leporinus, Cephalophus sp., Redunca eulmensis n. sp., Damaliscus cuiculi n. sp., Bos palaethiopicus n. sp.
Gazella setifensis Pomel 1895 gazelle
Parantidorcas latifrons n. gen. n. sp. Arambourg 1979 antelope
No. 1953-22:128, partial skull
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
Redunca eulmensis n. sp. Arambourg 1979 reedbuck
No. 1953-22:141, partial skull
Damaliscus cuiculi n. sp. Arambourg 1979 antelope
No. 1954-15:72, partial skull
Bos palaethiopicus n. sp. Arambourg 1979 ox
No. 1953-22:111, skull
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Omochoerus phacochoeroides
Omochoerus phacochoeroides Thomas 1884 pig
No. 1953-22:160, mandible fragment with m1
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
Libytherium maurisium
Libytherium maurisium placental
No. 1954-13:13, basioccipital
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes atlantica
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio barbarus n. sp.
Struthio barbarus n. sp. Arambourg 1979 ostrich
No. 1953-22:103