Aïn Hanech (Pleistocene of Algeria)

Where: Northern Algeria, Algeria (36.2° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 8.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• "probably in the 1.5–1.2 Ma range" (Geraads 2011)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Sahnouni, D. Hadjouis, J. Made, A-e-K Derradji, A. Canals, M. Medig, H. Belahrech, Z. Harichane, and M. Rabhi. 2002. Further research at the Oldowan site of Ain Hanech, North-eastern Algeria. Journal of Human Evolution 43(6):925-937 [M. Uhen/M. Chua]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 197944: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Marcus Chua on 02.12.2018, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
"Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) amphibius" = Hippopotamus amphibius1
"Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) amphibius" = Hippopotamus amphibius1 Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella pomeli n. sp.1, Oryx eleulmensis n. sp.1, Numidocapra crassicornis1, Alcelaphus sp.1, Taurotragus gaudryi1, "Bos bubaloides n. sp." = Bos bubaloides1, "Bos praeafricanus n. sp." = Bos bubaloides1
Gazella pomeli n. sp.1 Arambourg 1979 gazelle
No. 1953-21:2, partial skull
Oryx eleulmensis n. sp.1 Arambourg 1979 oryx
No. 1931-8:96
Numidocapra crassicornis1 Arambourg 1949 antelope
No. 1949-2:772, partial skull
Alcelaphus sp.1 Blainville 1816 hartebeest
"Bos bubaloides n. sp." = Bos bubaloides1 Arambourg 1979 ox
No. 1952-9:1, horn fragment
"Bos praeafricanus n. sp." = Bos bubaloides1 Arambourg 1979 ox
No. 1952-9:53, partial skull
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa pomeli n. sp.1 Arambourg 1979 giraffe
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
Libytherium maurisium1 placental
No. 1948-1:187a–c, No. 1948-1:1, 2 cranium fragments
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta1 Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis africanus" = Xenocyon africanus2, "Canis anthus" = Canis lupaster
"Canis africanus" = Xenocyon africanus2 Pohle 1928 canine
"Canis anthus" = Canis lupaster Hemprich and Eherenberg 1832 African wolf
ssp. primaevus
 Life -
? Gorgon mediterraneus n. sp.1 Arambourg 1979
No. 1949-2:774