El Nabta E 75-6 (Holocene of Egypt)

Also known as ETE Locality 701, El Nabta E 75-6,

Where: Egypt (22.5° N, 30.7° E: paleocoordinates 22.5° N, 30.8° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nubia Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Neolithic; 7710 +- 71 on charcoal; 9360 +- 70 on charcoal (Terminal Paleolithic) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Nabta Playa deposits; dune sands over weathered shales of the Nubia Formation; yellow sand

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 478, 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 21882: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by Richard Potts

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
 Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Muridae
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Bovidae-large
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: small
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Reptilia
Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Aves