Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar (Pleistocene of Syria)

Also known as El Kowm

Where: Syria (35.2° N, 38.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 38.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• composite list based on excavations of 28 levels in a 30 m section that is said to span 500 - 350 kybp

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sinkhole; lithology not reported

• lacustrine and eolian deposits in a sinkhole that is dozens of meters across

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: N. Reynaud Savioz and P. Morel. 2005. La faune de Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar (Syrie centrale, Pléistocène moyen): aperçu et perspectives. Revue de Paléobiologie 10:31-35 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 67660: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.12.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo erectus Dubois 1892 human
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
compared to Dicerorhinus mercki and D. hemitoechus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. ferus horse
"apparente" this species
"Equus hemionus" = Equus (Hemionus) hemionus Pallas 1775 onager
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus 1758 camel
Camelus cf. thomasi Pomel 1893 camel
"peut-etre à rattacher" this species
Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus 1758 camel
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella subgutturosa Güldenstädt 1780 gazelle
Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 Dorcas gazelle
Gazella gazella Pallas 1766 gazelle
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816 oryx
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
small
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
one specimen may be an emydid sensu lato