Discovery of an embrithopod mammal (Arsinoitherium?) in the late Eocene of Tunisia
| Autor: | Wissem Marzougui, Suzanne Jiquel, Monique Vianey-Liaud, Nicolas Vialle, Rodolphe Tabuce, Gilles Merzeraud, Anusha Ramdarshan, Monique Feist, Cyrille Delmer, Laurent Marivaux, El Mabrouk Essid, Hayet Khayati Ammar |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Bassins, Géosciences Montpellier, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), The Natural History Museum [London] (NHM), Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226, Office National des Mines (ONM) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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0106 biological sciences
010506 paleontology Postcrania Embrithopoda Arsinoitheriidae 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Paleontology stomatognathic system Arsinoitherium 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes Enamel paint biology Geology biology.organism_classification Charophytes Palaeogene stomatognathic diseases Enamel microstructure visual_art Africa visual_art.visual_art_medium Mammal [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology Paleogene |
| Zdroj: | Journal of African Earth Sciences Journal of African Earth Sciences, Elsevier, 2013, 87, pp.86-92. ⟨10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.07.010⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1464-343X 1879-1956 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.07.010⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; Dental and postcranial remains (an atlas, carpus and metacarpus elements, and a part of the pelvic girdle) of an embrithopod mammal are described from Bir Om Ali, Tunisia, a new late Eocene locality. The enamel microstructure of a tooth fragment found in association shows 'arsinoitheriid radial enamel', an enamel condition which is characteristic of Arsinoitherium (Arsinoitheriidae, Embrithopoda). Although the postcranial elements slightly differ in size and morphology from those of Arsinoitherium zitteli (late Eocene to early Oligocene), we tentatively refer this new Eocene Tunisian material to that genus. These fossils represent the first known embrithopod from the Eocene of Tunisia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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