Dakhleh Oasis: Holocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Struthioniformes
- Struthionidae
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Struthio camelus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos taurus
Linnaeus 1758
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta africana
(Blumenbach 1797)
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 25.8° North, 29.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.8° North, 29.8° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | holocene |
| *International age/stage: | Holocene (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: ancient Egyptian Archaic Period to just before 18th Dynasty; 3000 to 1600 BC radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: overlooked by limestone escarpments | |
| Environment: | spring |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: spring ETE event: ., ETE env comment: oasis | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 0 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 697, Dakhleh Oasis, | ||
| Database number: | 21878 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1997-05-13 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-25 21:59:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-13 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5222. | ETE 934 | A. J. Mills. 1980. Research in the Dakhleh Oasis. In: Origin and Early Development of Food-Producing Cultures in North-Eastern Africa; eds Krzyzaniak, L. and Kobusiewicz, M. 205-210 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |