El-Kilh E71P1 (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Also known as ETE Locality 720, El-Kilh E71P1,

Where: Egypt (25.3° N, 32.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.3° N, 32.4° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: dates on Unio Shell; 15000 +- 300 BC; 15850 +- 330 BC radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: dune; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: eolian, ETE sed env 2: dune ETE event: ., ETE env comment: on small conical hill
• ETE rock type adj: dark brown, ETE lithology comments: Nile silts and sands; highly saliferous

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 483, 482, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: F. Wendorf and R. Schild. 1976. Prehistory of the Nile Valley [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 21901: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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bullmoides bullmoides
Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp.
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Nesokia indica
Nesokia indica short-tailed bandicoot rat
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felis libyca
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alcelaphus buselaphus, "Gazella rufifrons" = Eudorcas rufifrons, Bos taurus
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
"Gazella rufifrons" = Eudorcas rufifrons Gray 1846 red-fronted gazelle
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio abyssinicus
Unio abyssinicus freshwater mussel
ETE occurrence; species: mak - names shifted