PBDB Collection

Ichkeul (Pliocene of Tunisia)

Also known as Lac Ichkeul

Where: Bizerte , Tunisia (37.2° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. de Lapparent de Broin. 2000. African Chelonians from the Jurassic to the Present: Phases of development and preliminary catalogue of the fossil record. Palaeontologia Africana 36:43-82 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 211247: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 26.06.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	"Testudo punica n. sp." = Centrochelys punica "Testudo punica n. sp." = Centrochelys punica Arambourg 1979 spurred tortoise
Mammalia
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Camelus cf. thomasi Camelus cf. thomasi Pomel 1893 camel No. 1950-1:40, metacarpal; No. 1949-1:29, calcaneum
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Hippotragus priscus, Redunca khroumirensis n. sp. Hippotragus priscus Arambourg 1979 antelope (syntype) No. 1948-2:4, M2 Redunca khroumirensis n. sp. Arambourg 1979 reedbuck No. 1949-1:36, partial skull
Tribosphenida - Sivatheridae	Libytherium maurisium Libytherium maurisium placental No. 1950-1:1, adult mandible; No. 1950-1:90, juvenile mandible; No. 1950-1:7, ossicone