Also known as ETE Locality 697, Dakhleh Oasis,
Where: Egypt (25.8° N, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 29.8° E)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: ancient Egyptian Archaic Period to just before 18th Dynasty; 3000 to 1600 BC radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: spring; claystone
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: A. J. Mills. 1980. Research in the Dakhleh Oasis. In: Origin and Early Development of Food-Producing Cultures in North-Eastern Africa; eds Krzyzaniak, L. and Kobusiewicz, M. 205-210 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21878: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant | |
Aves | |
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich |