Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar: Middle Pleistocene, Syria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo erectus
(Dubois 1892)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaenidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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| small | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella subgutturosa
Güldenstädt 1780
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Gazella dorcas
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gazella gazella
(Pallas 1766)
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Oryx sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelus dromedarius
Linnaeus 1758
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Camelus cf. thomasi
Pomel 1893
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Camelus bactrianus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus cf. ferus
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| "apparente" this species | ||||||||||
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Equus hydruntinus
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Equus hemionus
Pallas 1775
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| recombined as Equus (Hemionus) hemionus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| compared to Dicerorhinus mercki and D. hemitoechus | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Syria |
| Coordinates: | 35.2° North, 38.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 38.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: composite list based on excavations of 28 levels in a 30 m section that is said to span 500 - 350 kybp | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | sinkhole |
| Geology comments: lacustrine and eolian deposits in a sinkhole that is dozens of meters across | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Feeding/predation traces: | fractures |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Collection size: | 10000 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | El Kowm | ||
| Database number: | 67660 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-12-02 14:31:46 | Last modified: | 2010-01-28 17:17:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-12-02 14:31:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19319. | N. Reynaud Savioz and P. Morel. 2005. La faune de Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar (Syrie centrale, Pléistocène moyen): aperçu et perspectives. Revue de Paléobiologie 10:31-35 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |