Atbara River Valley KG74 (Pleistocene to of Sudan)

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: near ancient river bank
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: silt and gravel beds

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

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Antilopinae-large
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Antilopinae-medium
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow