Anabo Koma: Pleistocene, Djibouti

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
originally entered as "Elephus recki"
Mammalia - Suidae
Kolpochoerus cf. phacochoeroides (Thomas 1884)
recombined as Omochoerus phacochoeroides
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
originally entered as "Metridochoerus andrewsi"
Metridiochoerus cf. hopwoodi Leakey 1958
originally entered as "Metridochoerus cf. hopwoodi"
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Kobus cf. kob (Erxleben 1777)
originally entered as "Kobus cf. kobus"
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894
Numidocapra crassicornis Arambourg 1949
originally entered as "Numindocapra crassicornis"
Syncerus sp. Hodgson 1847
Pelorovis cf. oldowayensis Reck 1928
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
originally entered as "Sivtherium maurusium"
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hipparion cf. cornelianum
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
original and current combination Adenota recki
see common names

Geography
Country:Djibouti County:Wadi Chekeyti
Coordinates: 11.1° North, 42.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.5° North, 42.2° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Quaternary - Quaternary *Epoch:Pleistocene - Pleistocene
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:2
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Between 1.6 to 0.3 Ma based on Suids and absolute age of Chekheyti (1.9-0.9)
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: .
Environment:fluvial indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:16 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 930, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1306, Annabokoma, Anabo Koma,
Database number:22482
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:J. Alroy
Created:2000-04-10 01:00:00 Last modified:2007-08-09 12:17:15
Access level:the public Released:2000-04-10 01:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5616.ETE 1363L. de Bonis, D. Geraads, J. Jaeger and S. Sen. 1988. Vertebres du Pleistocene de Djibouti. Bulletin Society Geol. France IV(2):323-334 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Mannion]