Atbara River Valley KG15 (Pleistocene to of Sudan)

Also known as ETE Locality 688, Atbara River Valley KG15,

Where: Sudan (15.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 36.2° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 2610230 +- 271 on root casts radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: in fluvial environment near ancient river bank
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: silt and gravel beds

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 483, 482, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: A. E. Marks, J. Peters, and W. Van Neer. 1987. Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Occupations in the Upper Atbara River Valley, Sudan. In: Prehistory of Arid North Africa, Edited by Close, A.E. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21869: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.05.1997, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Antilopinae-large
Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 Dorcas gazelle
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
"Gazella soemmerringi" = Nanger soemmerringii Cretzschmar 1828 Soemmerring's gazelle
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Alcelaphini-med
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo