Where: Niger (17.0° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.0° N, 9.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• age is "Phase 2-Early Holocene Occupation (7700-6200 B.C.E.)" based on numerous 14C AMS dates on enamel and bone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: dune; lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 2006, 2007
Collection methods: quarrying,
• museum repository is not discussed, but only some skeletons were "removed in plaster jackets" and prepared
•site discovered in 2000 and visited in 2003 but not worked until 2006 and 2007
Primary reference: P. C. Sereno, E. A. A. Garcea, H. Jousse, C. M. Stojanowski, J.-F. Saliège, A. Maga, O. A. Ide, K. J. Knudson, A. M. Mercuri, T. W. Stafford, Jr., T. G. Kaye, C. Giraudi, I. Massamba N'siala, E. Cocca, H. M. Moots, D. B. Dutheil, and J. P. Stivers. 2008. Lakeside cemeteries in the Sahara: 5000 years of Holocene population and environmental change. PLoS ONE 3(8):e2995 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 83303: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
? Aspatharia sp. Bourguignat 1885 clam | |
Mutela sp. Scopoli 1777 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Melanoides tuberculata Müller 1774 snail | |
Aves | |
Neognathae indet. bird | |
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Pelusios adansonii Schweigger 1812 Adansons mud turtle | |
Python sebae Gmelin 1789 rock python | |
Mammalia | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog | |
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Redunca redunca Hamilton Smith 1827 bohor reedbuck
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck | |
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck 1827 greater cane rat | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Amphibia | |
Bufonidae indet. Gray 1825 toad | |
Actinopteri | |
Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch | |
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish |