E-Gobaad: Pleistocene, Djibouti
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix cf. cristata
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Equus cf. tabeti
Arambourg 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Equus cf. burchelli
Gray 1824
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recombined as Equus quagga burchelli | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Phacochoerinae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippotamus cf. gorgops
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original and current combination Hippopotamus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Antilopinae sp.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hippotragus sp.
Sundevall 1845
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Beatragus sp.
Heller 1912
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Megalotragus | ||||||||||
Connochaetes sp.
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Kobus sp.
Smith 1840
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Redunca sp.
Smith 1827
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Aepyceros sp.
Sundevall 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta aff. crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Crocodylus niloticus
Laurenti 1768
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Djibouti | County: | Plain of Gobaad |
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
Formation: | 2 | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Between 1.8 and 1.2 Ma. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
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: | 25 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list: |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1311, E-Gobaad, | ||
Database number: | 22487 | ||
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] |