Shaqdud S1-A: Holocene, Sudan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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consobrina consobrina
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Euxerus erythropus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia-small | ||||||||||
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia-medium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora-small | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus afer
(Pallas 1766)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena hyaena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Viverridae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Viverridae-medium | ||||||||||
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Genetta sp.
Cuvier 1816
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis silvestris
Schreber 1777
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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21 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas 1766)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopinae-small | ||||||||||
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopinae-large | ||||||||||
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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44 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopinae-medium | ||||||||||
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-large | ||||||||||
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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18 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-small | ||||||||||
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gazella rufifrons
Gray 1846
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74 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Eudorcas rufifrons | ||||||||||
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Ovis ammon
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Capra ammon | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa camelopardalis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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71 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus asinus
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix cristata
Linnaeus 1758
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29 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Struthioniformes
- Struthionidae
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Struthio camelus
Linnaeus 1758
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105 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Numididae
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Numida meleagris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanus exanthematicus
(Bosc 1792)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Testudinidae | ||||||||||
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Geochelone sulcata
Miller 1779
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74 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullariidae
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Pila indet.
Röding 1798
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| ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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19 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name "large bivalves" split into genus and species names | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Sudan |
| Coordinates: | 16.3° North, 33.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.2° North, 33.8° East |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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
| Formation: | Nubia | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 424046 +- 101; 3615 +- 88; dates on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: sediment, ash and sand | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0 | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,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 721, Shaqdud S1-A, | ||
| Database number: | 21902 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1997-05-06 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-25 21:59:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-06 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5230. | ETE 942 | A. E. Marks and A. Mohammed-Ali. 1991. The Late Prehistory of the Eastern Sahel. Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, TX [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |