Atbara River Valley KG68: Holocene, Sudan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
elliptica elliptica
5 individuals
dubia dubia
5 individuals
Tilapia sp.
36 individuals
Percomprohi indet.
6 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Percomorphi
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
5 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: mak - species name "large bivalves" split into genus and species names
Bivalvia - Unionida - Iridinidae
Spathopsis indet. Simpson 1900
5 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Ampullariidae
Pila indet. Röding 1798
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
3 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Suidae
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
5 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Antilopinae-small
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
35 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Antilopinae-large
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
9 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Antilopinae-medium
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
1 individual
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Reduncinae
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
3 individuals
Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas 1766)
3 individuals
Syncerus caffer (Sparman 1779)
9 individuals
original and current combination Bos caffer
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby 1833)
6 individuals
original and current combination Antilope ellipsiprymnus
Hippotragus equinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
1 individual
original and current combination Antilope equina
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus 1758)
45 individuals
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
20 individuals
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis silvestris Schreber 1777
1 individual
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
3 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Cercopithecidae
Papio cynocephalus (Linnaeus 1766)
3 individuals
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797)
1 individual
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820
1 individual
Actinopteri - Centropomidae
Lates niloticus (Linnaeus 1758)
54 individuals
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816
4 individuals
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
29 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Cyprinidae
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Mormyridae
Mormyridae indet.
1 individual
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Mormyridae
Cladistia - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803
see common names

Geography
Country:Sudan
Coordinates: 15.3° North, 36.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.2° North, 36.2° East
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Epoch:holocene
*International age/stage:Holocene (minimum)
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 307700 +- 90; dated shell sample radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: most remains not in situ; silts and gravel bars
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: in fluvial environments near ancient river bank
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ)
Collection size:0 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 488, 483, 479, 478, 477, 456, 121, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 690, Atbara River Valley KG68,
Database number:21871
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1997-05-13 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-25 21:59:02
Access level:the public Released:1997-05-13 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5220.ETE 932A. E. Marks, J. Peters, and W. Van Neer. 1987. Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Occupations in the Upper Atbara River Valley, Sudan. In: Prehistory of Arid North Africa, Edited by Close, A.E. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]