Also known as ETE Locality 726, Wadi Bakht,
Where: Egypt (23.0° N, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.0° N, 25.5° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nubia Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Neolithic; 6980 +- 80 on Ostrich eggshell; date from younger deposits radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: eolian; sandstone
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: F. Wendorf and R. Schild. 1980. Prehistory of the Eastern Sahara 1-414 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 21907: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant | |
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey | |
Gazella dorcas, Bos primigenius, Bos taurus, "Gazella soemmerringi" = Nanger soemmerringii, Oryx dammah, Addax nasomaculatus, Damaliscus sp., Capra aegagrus, "Ovis ammon" = Capra ammon
Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 Dorcas gazelle
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
"Gazella soemmerringi" = Nanger soemmerringii Cretzschmar 1828 Soemmerring's gazelle
Oryx dammah Cretzschmar 1827 oryx
Addax nasomaculatus de Blainville 1816 antelope
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Capra aegagrus Erxleben 1777 wild goat
"Ovis ammon" = Capra ammon Linnaeus 1758 argali | |
Canis aureus Linnaeus 1758 golden jackal | |
Aves | |
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich |