Wadi Bakht (Holocene of Egypt)

Also known as ETE Locality 726, Wadi Bakht,

Where: Egypt (23.0° N, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.0° N, 25.5° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nubia Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Neolithic; 6980 +- 80 on Ostrich eggshell; date from younger deposits radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: eolian; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: eolian, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: alternating silts and eolian sands
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Nubia sandstone

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: F. Wendorf and R. Schild. 1980. Prehistory of the Eastern Sahara 1-414 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 21907: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis aureus Linnaeus 1758 golden jackal
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
"Gazella soemmerringi" = Nanger soemmerringii Cretzschmar 1828 Soemmerring's gazelle
Oryx dammah Cretzschmar 1827 oryx
Addax nasomaculatus de Blainville 1816 antelope
"Ovis ammon" = Capra ammon Linnaeus 1758 argali
Capra aegagrus Erxleben 1777 wild goat
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 Dorcas gazelle
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich