Kom Ombo Oasis: Pleistocene, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Homoioceras vignardi
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella dorcas (Linnaeus 1758)
Ammotragus lervia (Pallas 1777)
original and current combination Antilope lervia
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx triunguis Forksal 1775
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias anguillaris
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 24.8° North, 33.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.7° 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:2.58800 - 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 Channels
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Collection size:0 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 710, Kom Ombo Oasis,
Database number:21891
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:

5209.ETE 921F. Wendorf and R. Schild. 1976. Prehistory of the Nile Valley [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]