CHAD - DISCOVERY OF A MAMMAL FAUNA IN THE EARLY PLIOCENE

Authors
BRUNET M BEAUVILAIN A GERAADS D GUY F KASSER M MACKAYE HT MACLATCHY LM MOUCHELIN G SUDRE J VIGNAUD P
Citation
M. Brunet et al., CHAD - DISCOVERY OF A MAMMAL FAUNA IN THE EARLY PLIOCENE, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 326(2), 1998, pp. 153-158
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
326
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
153 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1998)326:2<153:C-DOAM>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
In Northern Chad, the site of Kolle in the Djourab erg has yielded a v ertebrate fauna including 21 species, 14 of which are Mammals. This fa una provides evidence of a mosaic of environments: fresh-water, woodla nds, grasslands. In spite of possible taphonomic or collecting bins, a nd of some endemicity, this fauna allows us to propose an age in the r ange 5-4 My. (C) Academie des sciences/Elsevier, Paris.