Also known as ETE Locality 692, Atbara River Valley KG74,
Where: Sudan (15.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 36.2° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 11210230 +_- 270; based on technology probably slightly older; 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: 488, 483, 482, 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 21873: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.05.1997
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow |