"GSIII,Lev 1": Pleistocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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Gazella dorcas
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Tadorna ferruginea
(Pallas 1764)
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Anas penelope
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Mareca penelope | ||||||||||
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Mergus albellus
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Mergellus albellus | ||||||||||
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Anser albifrons
Scopoli 1769
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Branta sp.
Scopoli 1769
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| ETE occurrence; species: B.bernicula/ruficollis | ||||||||||
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Mergus serrator
Linnaeus 1758
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Mergus merganser
Linnaeus 1758
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Aythya ferina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Anas crecca
Linnaeus 1758
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Anas acuta
Linnaeus 1758
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Anas platyrhynchos
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax carbo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Ardea cinerea
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Threskiornithidae
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Platalea leucorodia
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Numenius arquatus
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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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Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Kom Ombo Plain |
| Coordinates: | 24.5° North, 33.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.4° 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: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Member: | Darau | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: from Sebekian Assemblage radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: calcitic, ETE lithology comments: sand&silt mixed | |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: . | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 21 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 975, ; ETE museum list: ROM: Royal Ontario Museum | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1380, "GSIII,Lev 1", | ||
| Database number: | 22545 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 2000-04-13 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-25 21:59:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-04-13 01:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5225. | ETE 937 | C. S. Churcher and P.E.L. Smith. 1972. Kom Ombo: Preliminary Report on the Fauna of Late Paleolithic Sites in Upper Egypt. Science 177:259-261 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |