Centre-Gobaad: Pleistocene, Djibouti
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus cf. gorgops
Dietrich 1928
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Kobus sp.
Smith 1840
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas cf. recki
Dietrich 1915
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recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
ETE occurrence; species: cf. ileretensis; originally entered as "Elephus cf. recki" | ||||||||||
Loxodonta sp.
Cuvier 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Crocodylus nilocticus
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Heterobranchus sp.
Hilaire 1827
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Djibouti |
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: | 2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0 |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: . | |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: . |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 6 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list: |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1310, Centre-Gobaad, | ||
Database number: | 22486 | ||
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:
5617. | ETE 1364 | H. Thomas and Y. Coppens. 1984. Discovery of Fossil Vertebrates in the Lower Pleistocene of the Republic of Djibouti. Correspondant de Academie, Feb1984 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |