Also known as Agha Jari Formation
Where: Iraq (34.5° N, 44.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 43.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Agha Jari Formation, Vallesian (11.6 - 8.7 Ma)
• Late Vallesian (10-9 Ma). The Lower Bakhtiari Formation and Upper Fars Formation have been amalgamated to form the Agha Jari Formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. Thomas, S. Sen, and G. Ligabue. 1980. La Miocène de la Formation Agha Jari du Jebel Hamrin (Irak). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B. Paleontology/Geology 83(3):269-287 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41735: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 20.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gavialis sp. Oppel 1811 gharial 1 mandible fragment (IJN 203), 1 premaxilla fragment (IJN 205), 2 teeth (IJN 218-219).
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Deinotheriidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 deinothere 1 tooth fragment (IJN 201). Either Deinotherium sp. or Prodeinotherium sp.
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Choerolophodon cf. pentelici Gaudry and Lartet 1856 proboscidean 1 complete cranium (no number), many isolated molars and postcranial elements (IJN 232-237, 243-244)
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Hipparion mediterraneum, "Hipparion cf. primigenium" = Hippotherium primigenium
Hipparion mediterraneum Roth and Wagner 1855 hipparionine horse 4 isolated teeth (IJN 155, 160, 161, 169), 2 Calcanea (IJN 138-139), 2 astragali (IJN 135, 137), metapodial fragments (IJN 129-134), 6 phalanges (IJN 140-145).
"Hipparion cf. primigenium" = Hippotherium primigenium von Meyer 1829 hipparionine horse 1 mandible fragment (IJN 147), 1 upper molar (IJN 163), 2 astragalus fragments (IJN 31, 136), 2 phalanges (IJN 146, 182).
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Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe 2 mandible fragments (IJN 43, 57), 1 upper molar (IJN 49), 1 humerus fragment (IJN 55), 3 radii fragments (IJN 32, 34, 56), 2 tibiae (IJN 1, 40), 2 metapodial fragments (IJN 51-52), 4 astragali (IJN 11, 13, 16, 23), 4 navicular cuboids (IJN 4, 6, 8, 27), 5 carpals (IJN 5, 9, 10, 26, 192), 2 phalanges (IJN 19, 28).
Samotherium cf. boissieri Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe 1 upper left M2, 2 astragalus fragments (IJN 14, 15).
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Ovibovini indet., Miotragocerus sp., Gazella cf. deperdita, ? Gazella capricornis, Prostrepsiceros aff. houtumschindleri
Miotragocerus sp. Stromer 1928 antelope 3 horncore fragments (IJN 79, 80, 83), 1 basioccipital (IJN 59), 1 right mandible with M2 and M3 (IJN 117) and 1 lower M3 (IJN 125).
Gazella cf. deperdita gazelle 1 horncore (IJN 84) and many postcranial elements of a gazelle of small size.
Prostrepsiceros aff. houtumschindleri Rodler and Weithofer 1890 antelope 1 cranium (IJN 250), 1 mandible with P4-M2 (IJN 127).
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