Also known as ETE Locality 726, Wadi Bakht,
Where: Egypt (23.0° N, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.0° N, 25.5° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nubia Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Neolithic; 6980 +- 80 on Ostrich eggshell; date from younger deposits radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: eolian; sandstone
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: F. Wendorf and R. Schild. 1980. Prehistory of the Eastern Sahara 1-414 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 21907: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Canis aureus Linnaeus 1758 golden jackal | |
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey | |
Damaliscus sp., "Gazella soemmerringi" = Nanger soemmerringii, Oryx dammah, Addax nasomaculatus, "Ovis ammon" = Capra ammon, Capra aegagrus, Bos taurus, Bos primigenius, Gazella dorcas
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
"Gazella soemmerringi" = Nanger soemmerringii Cretzschmar 1828 Soemmerring's gazelle
Oryx dammah Cretzschmar 1827 oryx
Addax nasomaculatus de Blainville 1816 antelope
"Ovis ammon" = Capra ammon Linnaeus 1758 argali
Capra aegagrus Erxleben 1777 wild goat
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 Dorcas gazelle | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant | |
Aves | |
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich |