Kom Ombo GS 3: Pleistocene, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas penelope Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Mareca penelope
Branta bernicla (Linnaeus 1758)
Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769
Anser fabalis (Latham 1787)
Mergus albellus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Mergellus albellus
Aythya ferina (Linnaeus 1758)
Mergus serrator Linnaeus 1758
Mergus merganser Linnaeus 1758
Anas acuta Linnaeus 1758
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758
Anas crecca Linnaeus 1758
Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus 1766)
Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas 1764)
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopterus antiquorum Temminck 1815
synonym of Phoenicopterus roseus
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Numenius arquata (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Pandionidae
Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Milvus migrans (Boddaert 1783)
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx triunguis Forksal 1775
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella leptoceros (Cuvier 1842)
original and current combination Antilope leptoceros
Gazella dorcas (Linnaeus 1758)
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Centropomidae
Lates niloticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus bynni (Forsskål 1775)
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 24.4° North, 33.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.4° North, 32.9° East
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
Formation:Gabal Silsila
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 6615000-10500 BC; age based on dates for the Gabal Silsila Formation radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Nile silts and sands
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: ab_chan_fill ETE event: ., ETE env comment: abandoned Nile Channel
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Collection size:0 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 707, Kom Ombo GS 3,
Database number:21888
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
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:
5224.ETE 936C. S. Churcher. 1974. Relationships of the Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Fauna from Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt 4:363-384 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]