Bahr el Ghazal (KT 12) (Pliocene of Chad)

Also known as ETE Locality 782, Bahr el Ghazal (KT 12),

Where: Chad (16.0° N, 18.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.9° N, 18.7° E)

When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: based on comparison of fauna with Hadar, ages based on Hadar dates radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: evaporation during dry episodes, periodic streams
• ETE rock type adj: fine grained, ETE lithology comments: abundant quartz, some potash feldspar hydrated sodium, strongly corroded quartz, quartz with undulatory extinction

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: M. Brunet, A. Beauvilain, Y. Coppens, E. Heintz, A. H. E. Moutaye and D. Pilbeam. 1995. The first australopithecine 2500 kilometres west of the Rift Valley (Chad). Nature 378:273-275 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21962: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 18.08.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus afarensis Johanson et al. 1978 australopithecine
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion cf. afarense" = Eurygnathohippus afarense
"Hipparion cf. afarense" = Eurygnathohippus afarense Eisenmann 1976 hipparionine horse
ETE occurrence; species: or hasumense
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium cf. praecox
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
cf. Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
cf. Hexaprotodon protoamphibius pygmy hippo
ETE occurrence; species: or turkanensis
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Sivatherium sp.
Sivatherium sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Alcelaphini indet., Kobus sp., Bovini indet.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Siluriformes-large
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Bovini
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus afarensis
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp.
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
cf. Tomistoma sp.
cf. Tomistoma sp. Müller 1846 false gharial