KO/Khor el-sil IIIa (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Also known as ETE Locality 1365, KO/Khor el-sil IIIa,

Where: Kom Ombo Plain, Egypt (24.5° N, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 32.9° E)

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "One of oldest dates,may overlap,insecure date" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 975, ; ETE museum list: ROM: Royal Ontario Museum

Primary reference: C. S. Churcher and P.E.L. Smith. 1972. Kom Ombo: Preliminary Report on the Fauna of Late Paleolithic Sites in Upper Egypt. Science 177:259-261 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22530: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.04.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
 Rodentia - Muridae
Nesokia indica
Nesokia indica short-tailed bandicoot rat
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias anguillaris