Also known as ETE Locality 691, Atbara River Valley KG73,
Where: Sudan (15.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 36.2° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 11510230 +- 270; slightly older based on technology and typology; age based on stratigraphic position relative to KG15 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: siltstone
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 478, 477, ; 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 21872: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.05.1997, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey | |
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
"Gazella soemmerringi" = Nanger soemmerringii Cretzschmar 1828 Soemmerring's gazelle | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Reptilia | |
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Aves | |
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Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich | |
Actinopteri | |
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
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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Gastropoda | |
Pila indet. Röding 1798 apple snail ETE minimum number of individuals; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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