Dakhleh Oasis (Holocene of Egypt)

Also known as ETE Locality 697, Dakhleh Oasis,

Where: Egypt (25.8° N, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 29.8° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: ancient Egyptian Archaic Period to just before 18th Dynasty; 3000 to 1600 BC radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: spring; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: spring ETE event: ., ETE env comment: oasis
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: overlooked by limestone escarpments

Collection methods: quarrying

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

Primary reference: A. J. Mills. 1980. Research in the Dakhleh Oasis. In: Origin and Early Development of Food-Producing Cultures in North-Eastern Africa; eds Krzyzaniak, L. and Kobusiewicz, M. 205-210 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21878: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio camelus
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp., Alcelaphus buselaphus, Bos taurus
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow