Dishna, Site E61M10, Area D (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (26.1° N, 32.5° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 32.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Artefact concentration layer of Late Paleolithic age

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: A. Gautier. 1976. Animal Remains from Localities Near Dishna. Wendorf, F., Schild, R.: Prehistory of the Nile Valley 365-367 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60530: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 17.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
? Unio abyssinicus freshwater mussel
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
? Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
fragments of molariform teeth