Oued el Hammam (Miocene of Algeria)

Where: Oran, Algeria (36.7° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 7.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Arambourg. 1963. Continental vertebrate faunas of the Tertiary of North Africa. In F. C. Howell, F. Bourliere (eds.), African Ecology and Human Evolution 55-64 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 136913: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus mauritanicus
Orycteropus mauritanicus Arambourg 1954 aardvark
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut, "Turicius sp." = Zygolophodon
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
"Turicius sp." = Zygolophodon Vacek 1877 mastodon
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena algeriensis
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Cephalophus sp., Tragocerus sp., Gazella praegaudryi, Damalavus boroccoi
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
Tragocerus sp. Gaudry 1861 antelope
Gazella praegaudryi Arambourg 1959 gazelle
Damalavus boroccoi Arambourg 1959 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Samotherium sp., Palaeotragus germaini
Samotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
Palaeotragus germaini Arambourg 1959 giraffe
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus primaevus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion africanum
Hipparion africanum hipparionine horse
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp.
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca flandrini
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp.
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich