North of Dandiero River, Wadi Alaad (UA): Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene, Eritrea
collected by Buia Project 1995, 1997
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus niloticus
Laurenti 1768
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| UA 128 (and multiple other specimens) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Python ex gr. sebae
Gmelin 1789
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| UA 267 and 432; listed as "Python gr. sebae" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanus niloticus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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| UA 466 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Pelomedusidae
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Pelusios cf. sinuatus
Smith 1838
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| UA 374 | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Eritrea |
| Coordinates: | 14.8° North, 39.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.8° North, 39.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Buia Project | Collection dates: | 1995, 1997 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Buia; Uadi Alaad; Wadi Aalad; Uadi Aalad; Northern Danakil Depression | ||
| Database number: | 185616 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2017-05-03 10:11:07 | Last modified: | 2018-05-07 13:48:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-05-03 10:11:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62232. | M. Delfino, A. Segid, D. Yosief, J. Shoshani, L. Rook and Y. Libsekal. 2004. Fossil reptiles from the Pleistocene Homo-Bearing locality of buia (Eritrea, Northern Danakil Depression). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 110:51-60 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 65656 | M. Delfino, F. Candilio, G. Carnevale, A. Coppa, T. Medin, M. Pavia, L. Rook, A. Urciuoli, and A. Villa. 2018. The early Pleistocene vertebrate fauna of Mulhuli-Amo (Buia area, Danakil Depression, Eritrea). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 57(1):27-44 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |