Also known as El Kowm
Where: Syria (35.2° N, 38.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 38.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• composite list based on excavations of 28 levels in a 30 m section that is said to span 500 - 350 kybp
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sinkhole; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: N. Reynaud Savioz and P. Morel. 2005. La faune de Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar (Syrie centrale, Pléistocène moyen): aperçu et perspectives. Revue de Paléobiologie 10:31-35 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 67660: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.12.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
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Equus hydruntinus horse
"Equus hemionus" = Equus (Hemionus) hemionus Pallas 1775 onager | |
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816 oryx
Gazella subgutturosa Güldenstädt 1780 gazelle
Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 Dorcas gazelle
Gazella gazella Pallas 1766 gazelle | |
Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus 1758 camel
Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus 1758 camel | |
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion | |
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena | |
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Homo erectus Dubois 1892 human |