Ti's al Ghadah
Basic information
Sample name: Ti's al Ghadah
Sample aka: TAG-1
Reference: C. M. Stimpson, A. Lister, A. Parton, L. Clark-Balzan, P. S. Breeze, N. A. Drake, H. S. Groucutt, R. Jennings, E. M. L. Scerri, T. S. White, M. Zahir, M. Duval, R. Grün, A. Al-Omari, K. S. M. Al Murayyi, I. S. Zalmout, and Y. Mufarreh. 2016. Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fossils from the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia: Implications for biogeography and palaeoecology. Quaternary Science Reviews 143:13-36 [ER 3842]
Geography
Country: Saudi Arabia
Coordinate: 27.45° N, 39.42° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.554
Min Ma: 0.473
Age basis: ESR
Geography comments: "approximately 95 km southeast of the city of Tayma" (coordinate estimated from the map in Fig. 1)
from the local Unit 5
there are combined US-ESR dates of 473 +50/-33 and 554 +79/-76 ka
there are also standard U-series dates indicating a younger age, but they are apparently rejected by the authors
from the local Unit 5
there are combined US-ESR dates of 473 +50/-33 and 554 +79/-76 ka
there are also standard U-series dates indicating a younger age, but they are apparently rejected by the authors
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: "weakly cross-bedded, very poorly sorted, coarse, reddish sands" representing "continual localised slopewash events" and not lacustrine or channel environments
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates, birds, lizards
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 279 specimens
Years: 2013, 2014
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: most specimens are from excavated trenches
TAG/13 and TAG/14 specimen numbers appear to represent 2013 and 2014 collections because illustrated specimens from trench 1 in Fig. 2 both have the same prefix
TAG/13 and TAG/14 specimen numbers appear to represent 2013 and 2014 collections because illustrated specimens from trench 1 in Fig. 2 both have the same prefix
Metadata
Sample no: 4198
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2023-04-07 09:21:42
Modified: 2024-11-18 06:06:29
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
18 species
8 singletons
total count 279
geometric series index: 45.6
Fisher's α: 4.298
geometric series k: 0.7246
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2617
Shannon's H: 0.7861
Good's u: 0.9714
Register
| Squamata indet. | 4 | |
| Varanidae or Uromastyx sp. | ||
| Struthio sp. | 1 | |
| Tachybaptus sp. | 1 | |
| Neophron percnopterus | 3 | 2.1 kg |
| Milvus cf. migrans | 1 | 29.5 g |
| Pterocles orientalis | 1 | 428.0 g |
| Anas sp. | 1 | |
| Motacilla cf. alba | 2 | 1.9 g |
| one specimen is specifically indeterminate | ||
| †Panthera gombaszoegensis (Eurasian jaguar) | 4 | |
| "Panthera cf. gombaszogensis": two specimens are specifically indeterminate | ||
| Crocuta cf. crocuta (spotted hyena) | 7 | 66.0 kg |
| coprolites | ||
| Canis sp. | 3 | |
| possibly a jackal | ||
| Canis anthus | 1 | |
| Vulpes sp. | 3 | |
| see Stimpson et al. 2015 | ||
| Mustelidae indet. | 1 | |
| Equus hemionus (onager) | 1 | |
| Equus sp. | 2 | |
| may or may not be E. hemionus | ||
| †Palaeoloxodon cf. recki (elephant) | 4 | |
| two specimens are specifically indeterminate | ||
| Oryx sp. | 239 | |