Wadi-el-Natrun C: Late/Upper Pliocene, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Labeo sp.
Tilapia sp.
Hyperopisus sp.
Sternothaeus dewitzianus
Antelopinae indet.
ETE occurrence; species: Antelopinae
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
    = Eusuchia indet. Huxley 1875
Alroy 2009
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ocadia sp. Gray 1870
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Reptilia - Testudines
Pelomedusa sp. Wagler 1830
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut cf. pentilicus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus cf. aphanistus (Kaup 1833)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydriodon sp. Falconer 1868
Lutra libycus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Pristiphoca cf. occitana (Gervais and de Serres 1847)
    = Pliophoca etrusca Tavani 1941
Howell and Garcia 2007
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. theobaldi
ETE occurrence; species: gracile
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus protoamphibius
ETE occurrence; species: andrewsi
Mammalia - Suidae
Sivachoerus sp. Pilgrim 1926
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821
Samotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1888
Mammalia - Bovidae
Hippotragus cf. cordieri
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Libytherium sp. Pomel 1892
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Saidomys natrunensis
ETE occurrence; species: gen. et sp. nov.
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Libypithecus markgrafi Stromer 1913
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus cf. aethiopicus Heckel 1851
Actinopteri - Centropomidae
Lates nilocticus
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777
cf. Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777
ETE occurrence; species:
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Cladistia - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803
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
Formation:Muluk Member:Profile C
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Radiomet dats to hemphil assems N.Amer
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 1402G. 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]