Isna E71K1 (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Also known as ETE Locality 725, Isna E71K1,

Where: Egypt (25.3° N, 32.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.2° N, 32.4° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Late Paleolithic; 16070 +- 300 BC; dates on Unio shells radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: dune; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: dune ETE event: flood, ETE env comment: Nile floods; forward edge of dune field
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: small conical mound; Nile silt plain; dark brown silts; some dune sand

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 477, ; 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 21906: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by Richard Potts and John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio abyssinicus freshwater mussel
ETE occurrence; species: mak - names shifted
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Nesokia indica short-tailed bandicoot rat
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 Dorcas gazelle
"Gazella rufifrons" = Eudorcas rufifrons Gray 1846 red-fronted gazelle
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena
Actinopteri
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE occurrence; species: Cichlidae
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish