Tighenif-Level 6: Pleistocene, Algeria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Ellobius cf. fuscocapillus
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25 individuals | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Paraethomys tighennifae
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15 individuals | ||||||
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Arvicanthis arambourgi
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30 individuals | ||||||
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Praomys eghrisae
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13 individuals | ||||||
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unclassified
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Mascaromys medius
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150 individuals | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Gerbillus major
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432 individuals | ||||||
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Gerbillus cingulatus
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78 individuals | ||||||
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Meriones maximus
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34 individuals | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Algeria |
| Coordinates: | 35.4° North, 0.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene - 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: composite, ETE age comment: yngr thn0.7BP of Lev 2 gryish cly radiometric intage_max, |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: White sand&oxidation mrks | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk |
| Collection size: | 778 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1429, Palikao, Ternifine, Tighenif-Level 6, | ||
| Database number: | 22589 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | ||
| Created: | 2000-06-28 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-06-28 01:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5647. | ETE 1400 | C. Arambourg and R. Hoffstetter. 1954. Decouverte en Afrique du Nord de restes humains du Paleolithique inferieur. C.R.Acad.Sci.(Paris) 239:72-74 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |