S-W Assal: Pliocene - Pleistocene, Djibouti

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
originally entered as "Elephus recki"
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Heterobranchus sp. Hilaire 1827
see common names

Geography
Country:Djibouti
Coordinates: 11.1° North, 42.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.2° North, 42.2° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Neogene - Quaternary Epoch: Pliocene - Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary - Quaternary
Key time interval: Pliocene - Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:1
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Between 2.34 to 0.8 Ma.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: .
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:3 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1309, S-W Assal,
Database number:22485
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:J. Alroy
Created:2000-04-10 01:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2000-04-10 01:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
5617.ETE 1364H. Thomas and Y. Coppens. 1984. Discovery of Fossil Vertebrates in the Lower Pleistocene of the Republic of Djibouti. Correspondant de Academie, Feb1984 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]