Wadi-el-Natrun C (Pliocene of Egypt)

Also known as ETE Locality 1432, Zone C, Locality 2507, Wadi-el-Natrun C,

Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 30.3° E: paleocoordinates 30.3° N, 30.1° E)

When: Profile C Member (Muluk Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Radiomet dats to hemphil assems N.Amer

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Freshwater
• ETE rock type adj: claystone, ETE lithology comments: snd&cly layers w/frequent &irreg bd

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), SMU: Southern Methodist University, Schuler Mus.Paleo

Primary reference: G. T. James and B.H. Slaughter. 1974. A Primitive New Middle Pliocenemurid from Wadi El Natrun,Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt IV:333-362 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 22592: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000, edited by John Damuth, John Alroy and Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Labeo sp., Tilapia sp., Hyperopisus sp., Sternothaeus dewitzianus, Antelopinae indet.
Antelopinae indet.
ETE occurrence; species: Antelopinae
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp.
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Eusuchia indet.1
Eusuchia indet.1 crocodilian
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ocadia sp.
Ocadia sp. Gray 1870 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines -
Pelomedusa sp.
Pelomedusa sp. Wagler 1830 African helmeted turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut cf. pentilicus
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Pliophoca etrusca2
Pliophoca etrusca2 Tavani 1941 seal
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra libycus, Enhydriodon sp.
Enhydriodon sp. Falconer 1868 otter
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena sp.
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762 hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus cf. aphanistus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. theobaldi
Hipparion cf. theobaldi hipparionine horse
ETE occurrence; species: gracile
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus protoamphibius
Hippopotamus protoamphibius hippo
ETE occurrence; species: andrewsi
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sivachoerus sp.
Sivachoerus sp. Pilgrim 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet., Samotherium sp.
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
Samotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Hippotragus cf. cordieri
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
Libytherium sp.
Libytherium sp. Pomel 1892 placental
 Rodentia - Muridae
Saidomys natrunensis
Saidomys natrunensis mouse
ETE occurrence; species: gen. et sp. nov.
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Libypithecus markgrafi
Libypithecus markgrafi Stromer 1913 monkey
Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus cf. aethiopicus
Protopterus cf. aethiopicus Heckel 1851 marbled lungfish
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates nilocticus
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp.
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp., cf. Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
cf. Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
ETE occurrence; species:
Cladistia
 Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp.
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir
originally entered as "Polyterus sp."
1Alroy 2009; 2Howell and Garcia 2007