Also known as ETE Locality 690, Atbara River Valley KG68,
Where: Sudan (15.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 36.2° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 307700 +- 90; dated shell sample radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: siltstone
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 488, 483, 479, 478, 477, 456, 121, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: A. E. Marks, J. Peters, and W. Van Neer. 1987. Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Occupations in the Upper Atbara River Valley, Sudan. In: Prehistory of Arid North Africa, Edited by Close, A.E. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21871: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Reptilia | |
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
Mammalia | |
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
Felis silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
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Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe | |
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Hippotragus equinus, Alcelaphini indet., Kobus ellipsiprymnus, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Tragelaphus scriptus, Syncerus caffer
Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 roan antelope
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo | |
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine | |
Papio cynocephalus Linnaeus 1766 yellow baboon | |
Actinopteri | |
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Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch | |
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Cyprinidae
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Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Gastropoda | |
Pila indet. Röding 1798 apple snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam ETE minimum number of individuals; species: mak - species name "large bivalves" split into genus and species names
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Spathopsis indet. Simpson 1900 clam ETE minimum number of individuals; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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