Shaqadud S1-B: Holocene, Sudan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
bulimoides bulimoides
1 specimen
Euxerus erythropus
1 specimen
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Chiroptera
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
7 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia-small
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia-medium
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora-small
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecus sp. (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Arvicanthis niloticus
1 specimen
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882
2 individuals
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758
30 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mellivora capensis (Schreber 1776)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835
2 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Viverridae
Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816
3 specimens
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus 1758)
3 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
50 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopinae-small
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
27 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopinae-large
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
9 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopinae-medium
Ourebia ourebi (Zimmerman 1783)
9 specimens
original and current combination Antilope ourebi
Sylvicapra grimmia (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766
Damaliscus lunatus (Burchell 1823)
Gazella rufifrons Gray 1846
2 specimens
recombined as Eudorcas rufifrons
Hippotragus equinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
1 specimen
original and current combination Antilope equina
Capra aegagrus Erxleben 1777
1 specimen
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
15 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Pallas 1766)
2 specimens
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
7 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Serpentes
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc 1792)
31 specimens
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Francolinus clappertoni Children and Vigors 1826
1 specimen
recombined as Pternistis clappertoni
Reptilia - Numididae
Numida meleagris (Linnaeus 1758)
8 specimens
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Pelecanus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Strigidae
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Streptopelia sp. Bonaparte 1855
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758
16 specimens
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
78 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Amphibia
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
105 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name "large bivalves" split into genus and species names
Bivalvia - Unionida - Iridinidae
Aspatharia indet. Bourguignat 1885
15 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Ampullariidae
Pila indet. Röding 1798
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
see common names

Geography
Country:Sudan
Coordinates: 16.3° North, 33.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.2° North, 33.8° 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
Formation:Nubia
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 377056 +- 321; 5584 +- 74; dates on ash 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:eolian indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: eolian, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: midden
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying
Collection size:3300 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 722, Shaqadud S1-B,
Database number:21903
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:
5230.ETE 942A. 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]