Also known as Marceau
Where: Algeria (36.3° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 1.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• No radiometric dates available. A Turolian age (5-7 Ma) is reported in the NOW database and is based on faunal correlations.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; poorly lithified lignite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
• Number of unidentified specimens not reported.
Primary reference: H. Thomas and G. Petter. 1986. Révision de la fuane de mammifères du Miocène supérieur de Menacer (ex-Marceau), Algérie: Discussion sur l'âge du gisement. Géobios 19(3):357-373 [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 34642: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Suzanne Cote on 14.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Mammalia | |
? Zygolophodon cf. turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
"Hipparion primigenium" = Hippotherium primigenium
"Hipparion primigenium" = Hippotherium primigenium von Meyer 1829 hipparionine horse | |
Palaeotragus germaini Arambourg 1959 giraffe | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Neotragini indet. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope | |
cf. Nyanzachoerus sp. Leakey 1958 pig | |
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Indarctos aff. arctoides Deperet 1895 bear | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Primates indet. Linnaeus 1758 primate | |
? Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque
? Colobus flandrini monkey |