Danakil - general: Pleistocene, Eritrea
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon karumensis
Coryndon 1977
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| recombined as Hippopotamus karumensis | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus sp.
van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
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Kolpochoerus cf. majus
(Hopwood 1934)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Pelorovis sp.
Reck 1928
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Kobus ellipsiprymnus
(Ogilby 1833)
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| original and current combination Antilope ellipsiprymnus | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Geography
| Country: | Eritrea | State/province: | Afar Depression |
| Coordinates: | 14.1° North, 39.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.8° North, 39.8° 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
| Geological group: | Red Series | Formation: | Danakil | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: "Formation correlated to Awash Group, Ethiopia. Based on biochronological & paleomagnetic data." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty siltstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: clay slts&snds, ETE lithology comments: Grey to whit w/small amts marls | |
| Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Fluvio-deltaic&lacus | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 14 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1312, Afar Depression, Danakil - general, | ||
| Database number: | 22488 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 2000-04-10 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-25 21:59:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-04-10 01:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5618. | ETE 1365 | E. Abbate, A. Albianelli, A. Azzaroli, M. Benvenuti, B. Tesfamariam, P. Bruni, N. Cipriani, R. J. Clarke, G. Ficcarelli, R. Macchiarelli, G. Napoleone, M. Papini, L. Rook, M. Sagri, T. Medhin Tecle, D. Torre, and I. Villa. 1998. A one-million-year-old Homo cranium from the Danakil (Afar) Depression of Eritrea. Nature 393:458-460 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |