Teberemt Formation

{{Short description|Geological formation in Mali}}

{{Infobox rockunit|name=Teberemt Formation|image=|type=Geological formation|age=Middle to ?Late Palaeocene (Selandian to ?Thanetian)

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The Teberemt Formation is a geological formation in Mali, West Africa. It dates to the middle to possibly the late Palaeocene epoch.{{cite journal|last1=O'leary|first1=M.A.|last2=Bouaré|first2=M.L.|last3=Claeson|first3=K.M.|last4=Heilbronn|first4=K.|last5=Hill|first5=R.V.|last6=Mccartney|first6=J.|last7=Sessa|first7=J.A.|last8=Sissoko|first8=F.|last9=Tapanila|first9=L.|last10=Wheeler|first10=E.|last11=Roberts|first11=E.M.|year=2019|title=Stratigraphy and paleobiology of the Upper Cretaceous-Lower Paleogene sediments from the trans-Saharan seaway in Mali|journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|volume=2019|issue=436|doi=10.1206/0003-0090.436.1.1|pages=1–118}}

Fossil Content

= Reptiles =

= Testudines =

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! colspan="6" | Testudines from the Teberemt Formation

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Acleistochelys{{Cite journal |last1=Gaffney |first1=Eugene S. |last2=Roberts |first2=Eric |last3=Sissoko |first3=Famory |last4=Bouaré |first4=Mohamed L. |last5=Tapanila |first5=Leif |last6=O'leary |first6=Maureen A. |date=2007 |title=Acleistochelys, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Mali |url=http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1206%2F0003-0082(2007)3549%5B1%3AAANSTP%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |journal=American Museum Novitates |language=en |issue=3549 |pages=1 |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3549[1:AANSTP]2.0.CO;2 |issn=0003-0082}}

|A.maliensis

|A nearly complete skull, shell fragments, pelvic fragments, and a cervical vertebra

|A large Bothremydid Pleurodiran Turtle

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Azabbaremys{{Cite journal |last1=Gaffney |first1=Eugene S. |last2=Moody |first2=Richard T. J. |last3=Walker |first3=Cyril A. |date=2001 |title=Azabbaremys, a new Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Mali |url=https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2001)320<0001:aansnt>2.0.co;2 |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3320 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2001)320<0001:aansnt>2.0.co;2 |issn=0003-0082}}

|A.moragjonesi

|A skull

|A botheremydid Pleurodiran Turtle related to Acleistochelys

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! colspan="6" | Crocodylomorphs from the Teberemt Formation

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Hyposaurus

|H.sp{{Cite web |title=PBDB Collection |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=83314 |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=paleobiodb.org}}

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|A Dyrosaurid Crocodylomorph

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Crocodylomorpha

|Crocodylomorpha indet.{{Cite web |title=PBDB Collection |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=115411 |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=paleobiodb.org}}

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References

Category:Geologic formations of Africa

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