Also known as Southern slope of Nementcha Mountains
Where: Algeria (34.7° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 5.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bartonian to Bartonian (41.3 - 33.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deltaic; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: C. Delmer, M. Mahboubi, R. Tabuce and P. Tassy. 2006. A new species of Moeritherium (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Eocene of Algeria: New perspectives on the ancestral morphotype of the genus. Palaeontology 49(2):421-434 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59733: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.04.2006, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran | |
Bunohyrax matsumotoi n. sp.3
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Nementchatherium senarhense n. gen. n. sp.4
Nementchatherium senarhense n. gen. n. sp.4 Tabuce et al. 2001 elephant shrew UON 357 - holotype; referred material: UON 350-356 and 358
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Moeritherium chehbeurameuri n. sp.
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Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869 anthracothere | |
Protophiomys algeriensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Protophiomys algeriensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Jaegar et al. 1985 rodent UON 841 - holotype; hypodigm: UON 842-8422
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Phiomyidae indet. Wood 1955 rodent | |
Anomaluridae indet. Gill 1872 scaly-tailed squirrel
Nementchamys lavocati n. gen. n. sp.1 Jaegar et al. 1985 scaly-tailed squirrel UON 84-25 - holotype; hypodigm: UON 84-26 to 84-30
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Anthropoidea indet. monkey | |
Biretia piveteaui n. gen. n. sp.
Biretia piveteaui n. gen. n. sp. de Bonis et al. 1988 monkey |