Bir Sahara 11: Pleistocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Homoioceras antiquus
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus asinus
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas 1766)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 22.9° North, 28.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.9° North, 28.6° East |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 4728000 +- 1250; >44700 on Melanoides and humates radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: black, ETE lithology comments: black sandstone; thick mat of carbonized root casts | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: series of alternating lacustrine and eolian events | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 5 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 483, 482, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 693, Bir Sahara 11, | ||
| Database number: | 21874 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1997-05-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-25 21:59:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-19 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5221. | ETE 933 | F. Wendorf and R. Schild. 1980. Prehistory of the Eastern Sahara 1-414 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |