Makhadma Area, near Dandara, Site E6104, Trench 1, Area A, layer 2 (burned l.): Late/Upper Pleistocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Gabiella senaariensis
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Bulinus truncatus
(Audouin 1827)
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| frequent | ||||||||||
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Gyraulus costulatus
(Krauss 1848)
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| frequent | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Valvatidae
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Valvata nilotica
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| frequent | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 26.2° North, 32.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.2° North, 32.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Altitude: | 72 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Burned layer | Local bed: | 2 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The layer above gave a date of 11,430 BC +/- 770 years. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | unlithified ash |
| Lithology description: Lumps of baked silt mixed with loose ash. Probably washed, burned layer. | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 60475 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
| Modifier: | S. Kuemmell | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-16 08:37:27 | Last modified: | 2006-05-17 03:58:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-16 08:37:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17393. | 5% 35580 | A. Gautier. 1976. Animal Remains from Localities Near Dishna. Wendorf, F., Schild, R.: Prehistory of the Nile Valley 365-367 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell] |
Secondary references:
| 5209 | ETE 921 | F. Wendorf and R. Schild. 1976. Prehistory of the Nile Valley [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |