PBDB Collection

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Reptilia

	Pliosaurus phosphaticus n. sp. Stefano 1903
	nomen dubium belonging to Crocodylia

	Dyrosaurus phosphaticus n. sp. (Thomas 1893)
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

	Thalassochelys phosphatica n. sp. Stefano 1903
	= Lytoloma elegans n. sp. Bergounioux 1952	Bergounioux 1952

	Lytoloma crassa n. sp. Bergounioux 1952	Bergounioux 1952
Reptilia - Testudines

	Gafsachelys neurirregularis n. sp. Bergounioux 1952	Bergounioux 1952
	recombined as Crassachelys neurirregularis

	Eusarkia rotundiformis n. gen., n. sp. Bergounioux 1952	Bergounioux 1952
	nomen dubium belonging to Taphrosphyini

	Gafsachelys phosphaticus n. gen., n. sp.
	nomen dubium belonging to Taphrosphyini
see common names

Geography

Country:	Tunisia	State/province:	Gafsa
Coordinates:	34.4° North, 8.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	26.5° North, 6.2° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Eocene
Stage:	Ypresian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:	Early/Lower Eocene
Age range of interval:	56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	phosphorite
Environment:	marine indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:

general faunal/floral analysis

Metadata

Database number:	151620
Authorizer:	M. Uhen, P. Holroyd	Enterer:	M. Uhen, P. Holroyd
Modifier:	P. Mannion	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2013-10-09 02:45:24	Last modified:	2021-02-04 04:22:07
Access level:	the public	Released:	2013-10-09 02:45:24
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

48463.

G. Stefano. 1903. Nuovi rettili degli strati a fosfato della Tunisia. Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana 22:51-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

59668		F.-M. Bergounioux. 1952. Les Cheloniens fossiles de Gafsa. Notes et Memoires 92:377-396 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
72685		E. Buffetaut. 1978. Les Dyrosauridae (Crocodylia, Mesosuchia) des phosphates de l'Eocène inférieur de Tunisie : Dyrosaurus, Rhabdognatus, Phospliatosaurus. Géologie Méditerranéenne 5(2):237-255 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]