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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey | |
Gazella dorcas, "Ovis ammon" = Capra ammon, Capra aegagrus, "Gazella soemmerringi" = Nanger soemmerringii, Addax nasomaculatus, Oryx dammah, Damaliscus sp., Bos taurus, Bos primigenius
Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 Dorcas gazelle
"Ovis ammon" = Capra ammon Linnaeus 1758 argali
Capra aegagrus Erxleben 1777 wild goat
"Gazella soemmerringi" = Nanger soemmerringii Cretzschmar 1828 Soemmerring's gazelle
Addax nasomaculatus de Blainville 1816 antelope
Oryx dammah Cretzschmar 1827 oryx
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox | |
Canis aureus Linnaeus 1758 golden jackal | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant | |
Aves | |
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich |