Gobero Sites G1-G3: Holocene, Niger
collected 2006, 2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Tilapinii indet.
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufonidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Reptilia
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Neognathae indet.
Pycraft 1900
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Reptilia
- Struthioniformes
- Struthionidae
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Struthio camelus
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus niloticus
Laurenti 1768
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Python sebae
Gmelin 1789
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Pelomedusidae
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Pelusios adansonii
Schweigger 1812
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas 1766)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Redunca redunca
Hamilton Smith 1827
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Kobus ellipsiprymnus
(Ogilby 1833)
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original and current combination Antilope ellipsiprymnus | |||||||
Tragelaphus scriptus
(Pallas 1766)
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Syncerus caffer
(Sparman 1779)
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original and current combination Bos caffer | |||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Thryonomyidae
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Thryonomys swinderianus
(Temminck 1827)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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Actinopteri
- Centropomidae
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Lates niloticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Melanoides tuberculata
(Müller 1774)
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Mutelidae
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Mutela sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Iridinidae
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? Aspatharia sp.
Bourguignat 1885
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Niger |
Coordinates: | 17.0° North, 9.8° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 17.0° North, 9.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 7700 to 6200 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: age is "Phase 2-Early Holocene Occupation (7700-6200 B.C.E.)" based on numerous 14C AMS dates on enamel and bone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous sandstone |
Lithology description: calcrete is composed of "calcite-cemented aeolian sand" (lithified based on this statement and figures of specimens) | |
Environment: | dune |
Geology comments: "low, calcrete fringed paleodunes" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | many |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis | Collection dates: | 2006, 2007 |
Collection method comments: museum repository is not discussed, but only some skeletons were "removed in plaster jackets" and prepared
site discovered in 2000 and visited in 2003 but not worked until 2006 and 2007 |
Metadata
Database number: | 83303 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-08-15 14:59:59 | Last modified: | 2010-01-14 18:38:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-08-15 14:59:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
27974. | P. C. Sereno, E. A. A. Garcea, H. Jousse, C. M. Stojanowski, J.-F. Saliège, A. Maga, O. A. Ide, K. J. Knudson, A. M. Mercuri, T. W. Stafford, Jr., T. G. Kaye, C. Giraudi, I. Massamba N'siala, E. Cocca, H. M. Moots, D. B. Dutheil, and J. P. Stivers. 2008. Lakeside cemeteries in the Sahara: 5000 years of Holocene population and environmental change. PLoS ONE 3(8):e2995 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |