Wadi Maebele
Basic information
Sample name: Wadi Maebele
Sample aka: Buia; MHB
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: 14.7° N, 39.94° E
Latlng 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 Wade Maebele, north of Wadi Ghersaloita" (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)
there is no description of the taphonomy of this site in Fiore et al. (2004)
there is no description of the taphonomy of this site in Fiore et al. (2004)
Methods
Life forms: ungulates
Sample size: 6 specimens
Years: 1995 - 1997, 2000
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: it is not clear whether the fossils are mostly excavated or surface finds
Metadata
Sample no: 4247
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-04-22 17:04:51
Modified: 2023-04-22 07:04:51
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
5 species
4 singletons
total count 6
geometric series index: 50.0
Fisher's α: 14.116
geometric series k: 0.8409
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7333
Shannon's H: 1.5607
Good's u: 0.3939
Register
| †Hippopotamus gorgops (hippopotamus) | 1 | |
| less one specimen of karumensis reassigned by Pandolfi et al. (2023) | ||
| †Hippopotamus aff. karumensis (hippopotamus) | 1 | |
| see Pandolfi et al. (2023) | ||
| Hexaprotodon sp. | 1 | |
| †Kolpochoerus olduvaiensis | 1 | |
| Tragelaphus cf. spekii (sitatunga) | 2 | |
| "Tragelaphus cf. spekei" | ||