Also known as ETE Locality 1424, Palikao, Ternifine, Tighenif-general
Where: Algeria (35.4° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 0.3° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; nodular, gray claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Arambourg and R. Hoffstetter. 1954. Decouverte en Afrique du Nord de restes humains du Paleolithique inferieur. C.R.Acad.Sci.(Paris) 239:72-74 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 22584: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000, edited by John Damuth and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Theropithecus cf. oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada | |
Homo erectus Dubois 1892 human | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Equus mauritanicus horse | |
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig originally entered as "Metridochoerus compactus"
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Camelus thomasi Pomel 1893 camel | |
Hippopotamus sirensis Pomel 1896 hippo | |
Gazella sp., Gazella dracula, Gazella cf. atlantica, Capra sp., Oryx cf. gazella, Hippotragus cf. gigas, Parmularius ambiguus, Connochaetes taurinus, Kobus sp., Tragelaphus algericus, Bos cf. bubaloides
Gazella dracula Geraads 1981 gazelle
Gazella cf. atlantica Bourguignat 1870 gazelle ETE occurrence; species: "cf.atlantica,sp.A", mak - species name from unique name
Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat
Oryx cf. gazella Linnaeus 1758 gemsbok
Hippotragus cf. gigas Leakey 1965 antelope
Parmularius ambiguus Pomel 1894 antelope
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Tragelaphus algericus antelope
Bos cf. bubaloides Arambourg 1979 ox | |
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
Giraffa cf. pomeli Arambourg 1979 giraffe | |
cf. Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat | |
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Lycaon magnus Ewer and Singer 1956 canid
Lupulella mohibi Geraads 2011 canid | |
Loxodonta atlantica Pomel 1879 African elephant |