Dandiero
Basic information
Sample name: Dandiero
Sample aka: Buia; DAN; Dioli
Reference: B. MartÃnez-Navarro, L. Rook, A. Segid, D. Yosief, M. P. Ferretti, J. Shoshani, T. M. Tecle, and Y. Libsekal. 2004. The large fossil mammals from Buia (Eritrea): systematics, biochronology and paleoenvironments. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 110:61-88 [ER 3870]
Geography
Country: Eritrea
Coordinate: 14.72° N, 39.93° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Formation: Alat
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Max Ma: 1.07
Min Ma: 0.98
Age basis: paleomag
Geography comments: "south of Wadi Dandiero, north of Wadi Baebele" (coordinate estimated based on Fig. 3 in Abbate et al. 2004)
Abbate et al. (2004) indicate that most of the Buia material is from the Alat Formation, which is bounded by 1.07 and 0.98 Ma by Albianelli and Napoleone (2004) based on magnetostratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy
Abbate et al. (2004) indicate that most of the Buia material is from the Alat Formation, which is bounded by 1.07 and 0.98 Ma by Albianelli and Napoleone (2004) based on magnetostratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: lake deposit
Habitat comments: the Alat Formation is deltaic and lacustrine and includes "silts, clays, thin calcareous beds, and ash layers" plus "sandy bodies" higher in the section (Abbate et al. 2004)
cut marks on some specimens are described by Fiore et al. (2004), who do not specify an accumulation agent
cut marks on some specimens are described by Fiore et al. (2004), who do not specify an accumulation agent
Methods
Life forms: ungulates
Sample size: 109 specimens
Years: 1995 - 1997, 2000
Sampling comments: it is not clear whether the fossils are mostly excavated or surface finds
Metadata
Sample number: 4246
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-04-22 17:03:18
Modified: 2023-04-22 07:03:53
Abundance distribution
15 species
0 singletons
total count 109
geometric series index: 20.0
Fisher's α: 4.712
geometric series k: 0.8168
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8553
Shannon's H: 2.3186
Good's u: 1.0000
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Register
| †Palaeoloxodon recki | 9 | |
| "Elephas recki": see Ferretti et al. 2003 | ||
| Ceratotherium simum | 7 | 1479 kg grazer |
| includes one specimen of "Hexaprotodon" reassigned to this species by Pandolfi et al. (2023) | ||
| Equus cf. grevyi | 5 | 386 kg |
| †Hippopotamus gorgops | 34 | |
| less two specimens of karumensis reassigned by Pandolfi et al. (2023) | ||
| †Hippopotamus aff. karumensis | 2 | |
| see Pandolfi et al. (2023) | ||
| Hexaprotodon sp. | 2 | |
| less one specimen of Ceratotherium reassigned by Pandolfi et al. (2023) | ||
| †Kolpochoerus olduvaiensis | 11 | |
| †Kolpochoerus majus | 6 | |
| †Metridiochoerus aff. modestus | 3 | |
| †Giraffa cf. jumae | 3 | |
| †Pelorovis oldowayensis | 6 | |
| †Hippotragus gigas | 2 | |
| Kobus cf. ellipsiprymnus | 12 | 210 kg grazer-browser |
| Antilopini indet. | 4 | |
| "Gazella sp.": Nanger is not discussed | ||
| Caprini indet. | 3 | |