Bir Sahara 11 (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Also known as ETE Locality 693, Bir Sahara 11,

Where: Egypt (22.9° N, 28.7° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 28.6° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 4728000 +- 1250; >44700 on Melanoides and humates radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; black sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: series of alternating lacustrine and eolian events
• ETE rock type adj: black, ETE lithology comments: black sandstone; thick mat of carbonized root casts

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 483, 482, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: F. Wendorf and R. Schild. 1980. Prehistory of the Eastern Sahara 1-414 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 21874: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth

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unclassified
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Homoioceras antiquus
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus asinus
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelus sp.
Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel