Also known as ETE Locality 690, Atbara River Valley KG68,
Where: Sudan (15.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 36.2° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 307700 +- 90; dated shell sample radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: siltstone
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 488, 483, 479, 478, 477, 456, 121, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: A. E. Marks, J. Peters, and W. Van Neer. 1987. Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Occupations in the Upper Atbara River Valley, Sudan. In: Prehistory of Arid North Africa, Edited by Close, A.E. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21871: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant | |
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Felis silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat | |
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Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
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Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
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Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Syncerus caffer, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Tragelaphus scriptus, Alcelaphini indet., Kobus ellipsiprymnus, Hippotragus equinus
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 roan antelope | |
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Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe | |
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Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine | |
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Papio cynocephalus Linnaeus 1766 yellow baboon | |
| Reptilia | |
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Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
| Cladistia | |
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Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
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Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
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Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Cyprinidae
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Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch | |
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Pila indet. Röding 1798 apple snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam ETE minimum number of individuals; species: mak - species name "large bivalves" split into genus and species names
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Spathopsis indet. Simpson 1900 clam ETE minimum number of individuals; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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