PBDB Collection

Shaqadud S21 (Holocene of Sudan)

Also known as ETE Locality 723, Shaqadud S21,

Where: Sudan (16.3° N, 33.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° N, 33.8° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 267417 +- 67 BP; date on ash radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: eolian; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: eolian, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: plain

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: sediment, ash and sand

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 483, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: A. E. Marks and A. Mohammed-Ali. 1991. The Late Prehistory of the Eastern Sahel. Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, TX [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21904: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
-	Bivalvia indet. Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name "large bivalves" split into genus and species names
Gastropoda
Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae	Pila indet. Pila indet. Röding 1798 apple snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Reptilia
-	Reptilia indet. Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Serpentes
Squamata - Varanidae	Varanus exanthematicus Varanus exanthematicus Bosc 1792 savannah monitor
Galliformes - Numididae	Numida meleagris Numida meleagris Linnaeus 1758 helmeted guineafowl
Aves
-	Aves indet. Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves
Struthioniformes - Struthionidae	Struthio camelus Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich
Mammalia
-	Mammalia indet. Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora-small
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Suidae indet., Phacochoerus aethiopicus Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Hippotragus equinus, Ourebia ourebi, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Damaliscus lunatus Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopinae-small Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopinae Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 roan antelope Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest Damaliscus lunatus Burchell 1823 common tsessebe
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa camelopardalis Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe
Carnivora - Felidae	Felis silvestris Felis silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
Carnivora - Viverridae	Viverridae indet. Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Viverridae-medium
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystrix cristata Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine
Rodentia - Thryonomyidae	Thryonomys gregorianus Thryonomys gregorianus Thomas 1894 Lesser cane rat
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Loxodonta africana Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant