Bir Tarfawi 14 (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Also known as ETE Locality 696, Bir Tarfawi 14,

Where: Egypt (22.9° N, 28.9° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 28.9° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: culture=aterian; 21950 +- 490 on organic residue; 44190 +- 1380 on Melanoides radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: alternating lacustrine and eolian events
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: silt and sand deposits

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 488, 483, 482, 479, 478, 477, 456, 121, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: F. Wendorf and R. Schild. 1980. Prehistory of the Eastern Sahara 1-414 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 21877: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth, Richard Potts and Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia indet. Hartmann 1821 snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelus thomasi Pomel 1893 camel
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae "indet. 1", Bovidae "indet. 2", "Gazella dama" = Nanger dama, "Gazella rufifrons" = Eudorcas rufifrons
Bovidae "indet. 1" Gray 1821 antelope
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Antilopinae-large
Bovidae "indet. 2" Gray 1821 antelope
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Antilopinae-medium
"Gazella dama" = Nanger dama Pallas 1766 dama gazelle
"Gazella rufifrons" = Eudorcas rufifrons Gray 1846 red-fronted gazelle
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis aureus Linnaeus 1758 golden jackal
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Chelonia
Aves
 Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae
Caprimulgus sp. Linnaeus 1758 nightjar
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus albus Muller 1776 pied crow
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Rallidae indet. Vigors 1825 rail
 Pterocliformes - Pteroclidae
Pterocles sp. Temminck 1815 sandgrouse
Pterocles cf. senegallus Linnaeus 1771 spotted sandgrouse
 Otidiformes - Otididae
cf. Neotis denhami Children and Vigors 1826 Denham's bustard