Where: Northern Algeria, Algeria (36.2° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 8.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• "probably in the 1.5–1.2 Ma range" (Geraads 2011)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Sahnouni, D. Hadjouis, J. Made, A-e-K Derradji, A. Canals, M. Medig, H. Belahrech, Z. Harichane, and M. Rabhi. 2002. Further research at the Oldowan site of Ain Hanech, North-eastern Algeria. Journal of Human Evolution 43(6):925-937 [M. Uhen/M. Chua]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 197944: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Marcus Chua on 02.12.2018, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Canis anthus primaevus African wolf | |
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"Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) amphibius" = Hippopotamus amphibius1
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Giraffa pomeli n. sp.1
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Gazella pomeli n. sp.1, Oryx eleulmensis n. sp.1, Alcelaphus sp.1, Numidocapra crassicornis1, Taurotragus gaudryi1, "Bos bubaloides n. sp." = Bos bubaloides1, "Bos praeafricanus n. sp." = Bos bubaloides1
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Gorgon | |
? Gorgon mediterraneus n. sp.1
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