Also known as ETE Locality 1424, Palikao, Ternifine, Tighenif-general
Where: Algeria (35.4° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 0.3° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; nodular, gray claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 22584: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000, edited by John Damuth and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Loxodonta atlantica Pomel 1879 African elephant | |
Theropithecus cf. oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada | |
Homo erectus Dubois 1892 human | |
cf. Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat | |
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Lycaon magnus Ewer and Singer 1956 canid
Lupulella mohibi Geraads 2011 canid | |
Camelus thomasi Pomel 1893 camel | |
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig originally entered as "Metridochoerus compactus"
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Hippopotamus sirensis Pomel 1896 hippo | |
Gazella sp., Gazella cf. atlantica, Gazella dracula, Kobus sp., Capra sp., Connochaetes taurinus, Parmularius ambiguus, Hippotragus cf. gigas, Oryx cf. gazella, Bos cf. bubaloides, Tragelaphus algericus
Gazella cf. atlantica Bourguignat 1870 gazelle ETE occurrence; species: "cf.atlantica,sp.A", mak - species name from unique name
Gazella dracula Geraads 1981 gazelle
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat
Parmularius ambiguus Pomel 1894 antelope
Hippotragus cf. gigas Leakey 1965 antelope
Oryx cf. gazella Linnaeus 1758 gemsbok
Bos cf. bubaloides Arambourg 1979 ox
Tragelaphus algericus antelope | |
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
Giraffa cf. pomeli Arambourg 1979 giraffe | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Equus mauritanicus horse |