Esh Shaheinab (Holocene of Sudan)
Where: Sudan (16.0° N, 32.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 32.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A.J. Arkell in 1949-1950
Primary reference: J. Peters. 1986. A revision of the faunal remains from two central Sudanese sites: Khartoum Hospital and Esh Shaheinab. Archaeozoologia, Mélanges 11-33 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 208787: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
| Mammalia | |
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Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant | |
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Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena | |
Genetta sp., "Viverra civetta" = Civettictis civetta
Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816 civet
"Viverra civetta" = Civettictis civetta Schreber 1776 civet cat | |
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Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835 slender mongoose | |
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Felis silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
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Lutrinae indet. Baird 1857 otter
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger | |
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Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Canis cf. aureus Linnaeus 1758 golden jackal | |
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Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog | |
Bos primigenius, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, "Gazella rufifrons" = Eudorcas rufifrons, Sylvicapra grimmia, Hippotragus equinus, Capra aegagrus, "Ovis ammon" = Capra ammon, Ourebia ourebi, Gazella sp.
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
"Gazella rufifrons" = Eudorcas rufifrons Gray 1846 red-fronted gazelle
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 roan antelope
Capra aegagrus Erxleben 1777 wild goat
"Ovis ammon" = Capra ammon Linnaeus 1758 argali
Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle | |
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Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe | |
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
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Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
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Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine | |
"Gerbillidae indet." = Gerbillinae
"Gerbillidae indet." = Gerbillinae Gray 1825 gerbil | |
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 vervet monkey | |
| Reptilia | |
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Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
| Aves | |
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Plectropterus gambensis Linnaeus 1766 spur-winged goose | |
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Numida meleagris Linnaeus 1758 helmeted guineafowl | |
"Francolinus clappertoni" = Pternistis clappertoni
"Francolinus clappertoni" = Pternistis clappertoni Children and Vigors 1826 Clapperton's francolin | |
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Pluvianus aegyptius Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian plover | |
| Reptilia | |
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Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
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Python sp. Daudin 1803 boa | |
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Testudo hermanni Gmelin 1789 Hermann's tortoise | |
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Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
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Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish | |
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Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Melanoides tuberculata Müller 1774 snail | |
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Cleopatra bulimoides Olivier 1804 snail | |
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Caelatura aegyptiaca snail
Caelatura teretiuscula snail | |
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Pila wernei apple snail
Lanistes carinatus apple snail | |
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Bellamya unicolor Olivier 1804 snail | |
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Zootecus insularis slug | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Corbicula consobrina Adams and Adams 1857 clam | |
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Etheria elliptica Lamarck 1807 clam | |
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Spathopsis wahlbergi clam
Spathopsis rubens clam | |
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Mutela nilotica Crosse 1881 clam | |