Wadi-el-Natrun C: Late/Upper Pliocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Labeo sp.
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Tilapia sp.
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Hyperopisus sp.
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Sternothaeus dewitzianus
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Antelopinae indet.
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ETE occurrence; species: Antelopinae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Struthioniformes
- Struthionidae
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Struthio sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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= Eusuchia indet.
Huxley 1875
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Alroy 2009 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Ocadia sp.
Gray 1870
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Pelomedusa sp.
Wagler 1830
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut cf. pentilicus
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Machairodus cf. aphanistus
(Kaup 1833)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Enhydriodon sp.
Falconer 1868
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Lutra libycus
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Pristiphoca cf. occitana
(Gervais and de Serres 1847)
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= Pliophoca etrusca
Tavani 1941
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Howell and Garcia 2007 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion cf. theobaldi
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ETE occurrence; species: gracile | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus protoamphibius
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ETE occurrence; species: andrewsi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sivachoerus sp.
Pilgrim 1926
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Samotherium sp.
Forsyth Major 1888
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Hippotragus cf. cordieri
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Mammalia
- Sivatheridae
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Libytherium sp.
Pomel 1892
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Saidomys natrunensis
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ETE occurrence; species: gen. et sp. nov. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Libypithecus markgrafi
Stromer 1913
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Dipnomorpha
- Lepidosirenidae
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Protopterus cf. aethiopicus
Heckel 1851
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Actinopteri
- Centropomidae
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Lates nilocticus
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Barbus sp.
Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias sp.
Scopoli 1777
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cf. Clarias sp.
Scopoli 1777
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ETE occurrence; species: | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Mochokidae
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Synodontis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Actinopteri
- Characiformes
- Alestidae
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Hydrocynus sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Cladistia
- Polypteriformes
- Polypteridae
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Polypterus sp.
Lacépède 1803
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originally entered as "Polyterus sp." | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Egypt | County: | Gabal el Muluk |
Coordinates: | 30.4° North, 30.3° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 30.3° North, 30.1° East |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
*Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene - Miocene |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: claystone, ETE lithology comments: snd&cly layers w/frequent &irreg bd | |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Freshwater |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 36 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), SMU: Southern Methodist University, Schuler Mus.Paleo |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1432, Zone C, Locality 2507, Wadi-el-Natrun C, | ||
Database number: | 22592 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen, J. Alroy | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen, J. Alroy, J. Damuth |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | ||
Created: | 2000-06-28 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-26 07:46:00 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-06-28 01:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5649. | ETE 1402 | G. T. James and B.H. Slaughter. 1974. A Primitive New Middle Pliocenemurid from Wadi El Natrun,Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt IV:333-362 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
29343 | J. Alroy. 2009. High-handed opinions on taxonomy and other matters. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
33122 | F. C. Howell and N. Garcia. 2007. Carnivora (Mammalia) from Lemudong'o (Late Miocene: Narok District, Kenya. Kirtlandia 56:121-139 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |