Gobero Sites G1-G3 (Holocene of Niger)

Where: Niger (17.0° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.0° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• age is "Phase 2-Early Holocene Occupation (7700-6200 B.C.E.)" based on numerous 14C AMS dates on enamel and bone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: dune; lithified, calcareous sandstone

• "low, calcrete fringed paleodunes"
• calcrete is composed of "calcite-cemented aeolian sand" (lithified based on this statement and figures of specimens)

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2006, 2007

Collection methods: quarrying,

• museum repository is not discussed, but only some skeletons were "removed in plaster jackets" and prepared

•site discovered in 2000 and visited in 2003 but not worked until 2006 and 2007

Primary reference: P. C. Sereno, E. A. A. Garcea, H. Jousse, C. M. Stojanowski, J.-F. Saliège, A. Maga, O. A. Ide, K. J. Knudson, A. M. Mercuri, T. W. Stafford, Jr., T. G. Kaye, C. Giraudi, I. Massamba N'siala, E. Cocca, H. M. Moots, D. B. Dutheil, and J. P. Stivers. 2008. Lakeside cemeteries in the Sahara: 5000 years of Holocene population and environmental change. PLoS ONE 3(8):e2995 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 83303: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.08.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Melanoides tuberculata Müller 1774 snail
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Mutelidae
Mutela sp. Scopoli 1777 clam
 Unionida - Iridinidae
? Aspatharia sp. Bourguignat 1885 clam
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufonidae indet. Gray 1825 toad
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck 1827 greater cane rat
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Redunca redunca Hamilton Smith 1827 bohor reedbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelusios adansonii Schweigger 1812 Adansons mud turtle
 Squamata - Boidae
Python sebae Gmelin 1789 rock python
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile
Aves
 Neornithes -
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish