El-Kilh E71P1: Pleistocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio abyssinicus
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| ETE occurrence; species: mak - names shifted | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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bullmoides bullmoides
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Barbus sp.
Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis libyca
Forster 1780
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos taurus
Linnaeus 1758
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53 specimens | |||||||||
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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71 specimens | |||||||||
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Gazella rufifrons
Gray 1846
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Nesokia indica
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 25.3° North, 32.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.3° North, 32.4° East |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: dates on Unio Shell; 15000 +- 300 BC; 15850 +- 330 BC radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red or brown siltstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: dark brown, ETE lithology comments: Nile silts and sands; highly saliferous | |
| Environment: | dune |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: eolian, ETE sed env 2: dune ETE event: ., ETE env comment: on small conical hill | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 0 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 483, 482, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 720, El-Kilh E71P1, | ||
| Database number: | 21901 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1997-05-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-25 21:59:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-19 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5209. | ETE 921 | F. Wendorf and R. Schild. 1976. Prehistory of the Nile Valley [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |