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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
Mammalia | |
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey | |
Bovidae indet., Gazella dorcas, Bos taurus, "Gazella soemmerringi" = Nanger soemmerringii, Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphini indet.
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 minimum number of individuals; species: Alcelaphini-med
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Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo |