El Nabta E 75-6: Holocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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11 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus capensis
Linnaeus 1758
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175 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Muridae indet.
Illiger 1811
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix africaeaustralis
Peters 1852
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes chama
(Smith 1833)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 individual | |||||||||
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unclassified
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rubens rubens
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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215 individuals | |||||||||
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 22.5° North, 30.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.5° North, 30.8° East |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nubia | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Neolithic; 7710 +- 71 on charcoal; 9360 +- 70 on charcoal (Terminal Paleolithic) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Nabta Playa deposits; dune sands over weathered shales of the Nubia Formation; yellow sand | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0 | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 0 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 701, El Nabta E 75-6, | ||
| Database number: | 21882 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts |
| 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:
| 5221. | ETE 933 | F. Wendorf and R. Schild. 1980. Prehistory of the Eastern Sahara 1-414 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |