E-Gobaad (Pleistocene of Djibouti)

Also known as ETE Locality 1311, E-Gobaad,

Where: Djibouti (11.1° N, 42.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 42.2° E)

When: 2 Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Between 1.8 and 1.2 Ma.

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: .

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: H. Thomas and Y. Coppens. 1984. Discovery of Fossil Vertebrates in the Lower Pleistocene of the Republic of Djibouti. Correspondant de Academie, Feb1984 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22487: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.04.2000

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cf. cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus cf. tabeti Arambourg 1970 horse
"Equus cf. burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Phacochoerinae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
"Hippotamus cf. gorgops" = Hippopotamus
"Hippotamus cf. gorgops" = Hippopotamus hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Antilopinae sp. Gray 1821 antelope
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
Beatragus sp. Heller 1912 hirola
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Megalotragus
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta aff. crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile