Wadi Sarrat, Mahjouba-Tejerouine Wetlands (Pleistocene of Tunisia)

Where: Kef, Tunisia (35.8° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 8.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Black Group, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• "The fauna is from the early middle Pleistocene black level, dated 0.7 Ma" (Amri et al. 2017)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lithified, silty, sandy conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Amri, S. B. Lucenti, M. S. Mtimet, N. Karoui-Yaakouba, S. Ros-Montoyad, M. Espigaresd, M. Boughdiria, N. B. H. Alie, and B. Martínez-Navarro. 2017. Canis othmanii sp. nov. (Carnivora, Canidae) from the early Middle Pleistocene site of Wadi Sarrat (Tunisia). Comptes Rendus Palevol 16(7):774-782 [M. Uhen/A. Munro/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196971: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Alan Munro on 15.10.2018, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish
Aves
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet. perching bird
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Natrix maura Linnaeus 1758 water snake
 Testudines -
Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825 turtle
"Emys sp. or Mauremys sp."
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis othmanii n. sp. Amri et al. 2017 canine
OS10-02 (holotype), cranium with both palates, with right maxillary fragment preserving P1-P2, distal part of the P3 and P4–M1and left maxillary preserving I1, P1, P3, and the mesial portion of P4
 Theriamorpha -
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Muridae
Praomys sp. Thomas 1915 African soft-furred rat
Mus aff. spretus house mouse
Mus cf. hamidae house mouse
Meriones sp. Illiger 1811 jird
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys sp. Wagner 1840 dormouse
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus pictus Otth 1837 Painted frog
Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Sphincterochilidae
 Stylommatophora - Geomitridae
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
 Stylommatophora - Achatinidae
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio ravoisieri freshwater mussel