Bir Tarfawi (peaty soil) (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (22.9° N, 28.9° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 28.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Peaty soil ("black layer") of Grey Lake 2

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; carbonaceous siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Z. Bocheński. 1991. Pleistocene bird fauna from Bir Tarfawi (Egyptian western desert). Ostrich 62:29-34 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 208788: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.04.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Charadriiformes - Turnicidae
"Turnix cf. sylvatica" = Turnix sylvaticus
"Turnix cf. sylvatica" = Turnix sylvaticus Desfontaines 1789 small buttonquail
 Pterocliformes - Pteroclidae
Pterocles sp., Pterocles cf. senegallus
Pterocles sp. Temminck 1815 sandgrouse
Pterocles cf. senegallus Linnaeus 1771 spotted sandgrouse
 Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Plegadis falcinellus
Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus 1766 glossy ibis
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea cinerea, Nycticorax nycticorax, cf. Bubulcus ibis
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus 1758 gray heron
Nycticorax nycticorax Linnaeus 1758 black-crowned night heron
cf. Bubulcus ibis Linnaeus 1758 cattle egret
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
"Phalacrocorax africanus" = Microcarbo africanus
"Phalacrocorax africanus" = Microcarbo africanus Gmelin 1789 long-tailed cormorant
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatinae indet.
Anatinae indet. Vigors 1825 duck
 Passeriformes - Hirundinidae
Riparia cf. riparia
Riparia cf. riparia Linnaeus 1758 bank swallow
 Passeriformes - Nectariniidae
cf. Nectariniidae indet.
cf. Nectariniidae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus sp., Corvus albus
Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow
Corvus albus Muller 1776 pied crow
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica cristata, "Porzana cf. pusilla" = Zapornia pusilla, Gallinula chloropus
Fulica cristata Gmelin 1789 red-knobbed coot
"Porzana cf. pusilla" = Zapornia pusilla Pallas 1776 Baillon's crake
Gallinula chloropus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian moorhen
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Oena capensis
Oena capensis Linnaeus 1766 Namaqua dove
 Otidiformes - Otididae
Chlamydotis undulata
Chlamydotis undulata von Jacquin 1784 Houbara bustard
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
cf. Circus sp., Gyps africanus
cf. Circus sp. Lacépède 1799 harrier
Gyps africanus Salvadori 1865 white-backed vulture