Tamaguélelt Formation
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| Tamaguélelt Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Eocene (Ypresian) ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Continental Terminal Formation |
| Overlies | Teberemt Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Phosphorite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 17°36′N 0°18′E / 17.6°N 0.3°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 10°54′N 4°24′W / 10.9°N 4.4°W |
| Region | Er Rachidia |
| Country |  Mali, |
   Tamaguélelt Formation (Mali) | |
The Tamaguélelt formation is a Geological formation in the West African country of Mali.
Description
[edit]The Preserved fossils of the formation indicate that it was a Marginal Marine habitat.[1]
Fossil content
[edit]Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Reptiles
[edit]| Snakes from the Tamaguélelt Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Palaeophis | P. Colossaus[1] | Vertabrae | A giant PalaeophidSea Snake | ||
| Serpentes | Serpentes indet.[2] | ||||
| Crocodylomorphs from the Tamaguélelt Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Tilemsisuchus | T. lavocati [3] | Dyrosaurid Crocodylomorphs | |||
| Phosphatosaurus | P. gavialoides[2] | ||||
Fish
[edit]Ray-finned fish
[edit]| Bowfins from the Tamaguélelt Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Maliamia | M.gigas[3] | A large extinctbowfin. | |||
| Pycnodots from the Tamaguélelt Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Pycnodus | P. sp[4] | Pycnodont fish | |||
| P. zeaformis[4] | |||||
| P. maliensis[4] | |||||
| Osteoglossids from the Tamaguélelt Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Brychaetus | B. sp.[3] | A relative of modern Arapaimas and Arowanas | |||
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cylindracanthus | C. sp.[3] | An indeterminate Actinopterygian |
| Catfish from the Tamaguélelt Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Claroteidae | Claroteidae indet.[3] | ||||
| Lungfish from the Tamaguélelt Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Stratodus | S. apicalis [3] | A Dercetid
Fish |
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Lobe-finned fish
[edit]| Lungfish from the Tamaguélelt Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Lavocatodus | L.giganteus[4] | A Lavocatodid Lungfish | |||
| Protopterus | P. elongus | A Lepidosirenid lungfish | |||
Mammals
[edit]| Proboscideans from the Tamaguélelt Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Probscidea | Probscidea indet[3][5] | ||||
| Numidotheriidae | Numidotheriidae indet. [3] | ||||
| Plesielephantiformes | Plesielephantiformes indet. [3] | ||||
| Hyraxes from the Tamaguélelt Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Pliohyracidae | Pliohyracidae indet. | ||||
Bivalves
[edit]| Bivalves from the Tamaguélelt Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Pholadidae | Pholadidae indet.[3] | ||||
| Gastrochaenolites | G. sp. [3] | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ a b "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ a b c d Agassiz, Louis (1833). Recherches sur les poissons fossiles ... Neuchatel: Petitpierre.
- ^ Illiger, Johann Karl Wilhelm (1811). Caroli Illigeri ... Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. Berolini [Berlin]: sumptibus C. Salfeld.