Tighenif-Level 7: Pleistocene, Algeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ellobius cf. fuscocapillus
15 individuals
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Paraethomys tighennifae
8 individuals
Arvicanthis arambourgi
36 individuals
Praomys eghrisae
8 individuals
unclassified
Mascaromys medius
81 individuals
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Gerbillus major
248 individuals
Gerbillus cingulatus
46 individuals
Meriones maximus
29 individuals
see common names

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: clayey, ETE lithology comments: Gryish brwn clyey snd
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk
Collection size:471 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1430, Palikao, Ternifine, Tighenif-Level 7,
Database number:22590
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 1400C. 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]