Shaqadud S1-B (Holocene of Sudan)

Also known as ETE Locality 722, Shaqadud S1-B,

Where: Sudan (16.3° N, 33.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° N, 33.8° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 377056 +- 321; 5584 +- 74; dates on ash radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: eolian; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: eolian, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: midden
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: sediment, ash and sand

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: A. E. Marks and A. Mohammed-Ali. 1991. The Late Prehistory of the Eastern Sahel. Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, TX [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21903: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Chiroptera
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia-small
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia-medium
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora-small
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Rodentia - Muridae
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835 slender mongoose
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Viverridae
Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816 civet
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopinae-small
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopinae-large
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopinae-medium
Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Damaliscus lunatus Burchell 1823 common tsessebe
"Gazella rufifrons" = Eudorcas rufifrons Gray 1846 red-fronted gazelle
Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 roan antelope
Capra aegagrus Erxleben 1777 wild goat
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Serpentes
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanus exanthematicus Bosc 1792 savannah monitor
Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
"Francolinus clappertoni" = Pternistis clappertoni
"Francolinus clappertoni" = Pternistis clappertoni Children and Vigors 1826 Clapperton's francolin
 Galliformes - Numididae
Numida meleagris Linnaeus 1758 helmeted guineafowl
 Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Pelecanus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pelican
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825 true owl
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Strigidae
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Streptopelia sp. Bonaparte 1855 dove
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich
Amphibia
  -
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Amphibia
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name "large bivalves" split into genus and species names
 Unionida - Iridinidae
Aspatharia indet. Bourguignat 1885 clam
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Pila indet. Röding 1798 apple snail
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name