Bir Tarfawi 14: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Tuberculata tuberculata
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Natalensis natalensis
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Alexandrina alexandrina
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Costulatus costulatus
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Truncatus truncatus
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Forskalii forskalii
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Homoioceras antiquus
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10 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes ruppellii
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Canis aureus
Linnaeus 1758
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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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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae informal indet. 1
Gray 1821
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10 individuals | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Antilopinae-large | ||||||||||
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Bovidae informal indet. 2
Gray 1821
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6 individuals | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Antilopinae-medium | ||||||||||
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Gazella dama
(Pallas 1766)
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39 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Nanger dama | ||||||||||
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Gazella rufifrons
Gray 1846
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8 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Eudorcas rufifrons | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelus thomasi
Pomel 1893
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10 individuals | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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6 individuals | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Chelonia | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterocliformes
- Pteroclidae
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Pterocles sp.
Temminck 1815
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Bocheński 1991 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Pterocles cf. senegallus
Linnaeus 1771
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Bocheński 1991 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Otidiformes
- Otididae
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cf. Neotis denhami
(Children and Vigors 1826)
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Bocheński 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Caprimulgiformes
- Caprimulgidae
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Caprimulgus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bocheński 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus albus
Muller 1776
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Bocheński 1991 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Rallidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Bocheński 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hydrobiidae
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Hydrobia indet.
Hartmann 1821
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| ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 22.9° North, 28.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.9° North, 28.9° East |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: culture=aterian; 21950 +- 490 on organic residue; 44190 +- 1380 on Melanoides radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: silt and sand deposits | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: alternating lacustrine and eolian events | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 220 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 488, 483, 482, 479, 478, 477, 456, 121, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 696, Bir Tarfawi 14, | ||
| Database number: | 21877 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, M. Clapham, R. Potts |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1997-05-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-04-11 13:52:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-19 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information