E-Gobaad: Pleistocene, Djibouti

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. tabeti Arambourg 1970
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Phacochoerinae
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Mammalia - Bovidae
Antilopinae sp. Gray 1821
1 specimen
Connochaetes sp. (Lichtenstein 1812)
1 specimen
Beatragus sp. Heller 1912
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Megalotragus
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845
4 specimens
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847
1 specimen
Redunca sp. Smith 1827
3 specimens
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
Mammalia - Giraffidae
4 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835
3 specimens
Reptilia
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768
see common names

Geography
Country:Djibouti County:Plain of Gobaad
Coordinates: 11.1° North, 42.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.8° North, 42.2° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Quaternary - Quaternary *Epoch:Pleistocene - Pleistocene
Key time interval: Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:2
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Between 1.8 and 1.2 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:25 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1311, E-Gobaad,
Database number:22487
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]