An Nafud desert, Locality 2: Pleistocene, Saudi Arabia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone (Centrochelys) cf. sulcata Miller 1779
2 specimens
1 anal part of a xiphiplastron, 1 medial part of carapace (JMI 131) of a large male.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera cf. gombaszoegensis (Kretzoi 1938)
1 specimen
1 left 3rd metacarpal (JMI 27), assigned to species on the basis of size.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes cf. vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
1 right metatarsal (JMI 25)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
1 maxilla with poorly preserved M1, and P3 and P4 roots.
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae informal indet. 1 Gray 1821
1 specimen
The rear part of a skull (JMI 38).
Bovidae informal indet. 2 Gray 1821
1 specimen
The base of a left spiralled horn-core (ANA 49)
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
a few isolated lower and upper molars.
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816
cranial, dental and skeletal specimens.
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes
Osteoglossiformes indet. Berg 1940
1 specimen
posterior part of a maxilla (JMI 134)
see common names

Geography
Country:Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 27.1° North, 39.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.9° North, 38.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: The faunal remains come from lacustrine deposits which overlie an ancient dune system and the Middle Miocene Ajfar Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The bones from locality 2 come from a thin siltstone layer interbedded between the ancient eolian sand and a dm-thick bed of of lacustrine carbonate.
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: The lacustrine deposits fill concave depressions on top of the old white eolian sand and are commonly covered laterally by the present dune system; this indicates that they were formed in several isolated lakes which were probably not synchronous.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Locality 2 was discovered in 1995. A total of 'a few hundred specimens' have been recovered from the three localities together.
Metadata
Also known as:An Nafoud
Database number:48858
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2005-04-01 05:20:58 Last modified:2005-04-01 08:38:54
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-01 05:20:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13025.PACED H. Thomas, D. Geraads, D. Janjou, D. Vaslet, A. Mesmesh, D. Billiou, H. Bocherens, G. Dobigny, V. Eisenmann, M. Gayet, F. Lapparent Broin, G. Petter, and M. Halawani. 1998. First Pleistocene faunas from the Arabian Peninsula: An Nafud desert, Saudi Arabia. Comptes Rendus Academie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la terre et des planetes 326:145-152 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Carrano]