E-Gobaad (Pleistocene of Djibouti)

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: .

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta aff. crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus cf. tabeti Arambourg 1970 horse
"Equus cf. burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Antilopinae sp. Gray 1821 antelope
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Beatragus sp. Heller 1912 hirola
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Megalotragus
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
"Hippotamus cf. gorgops" = Hippopotamus
"Hippotamus cf. gorgops" = Hippopotamus hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Phacochoerinae
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cf. cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine