Kom Ombo Oasis: Pleistocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Homoioceras vignardi
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus asinus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella dorcas
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ammotragus lervia
(Pallas 1777)
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original and current combination Antilope lervia | |||||||
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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Bos taurus
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx triunguis
Forksal 1775
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias anguillaris
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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 921 | F. Wendorf and R. Schild. 1976. Prehistory of the Nile Valley [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |