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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile | |
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant | |
Crocuta aff. crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Equus cf. burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
Equus cf. tabeti Arambourg 1970 horse | |
"Hippotamus cf. gorgops" = Hippopotamus
"Hippotamus cf. gorgops" = Hippopotamus hippo | |
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Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe | |
Antilopinae sp., Aepyceros sp., Beatragus sp., Connochaetes sp., Kobus sp., Redunca sp., Hippotragus sp.
Antilopinae sp. Gray 1821 antelope
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope | |
Hystrix cf. cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine |