ammonites
"KomOmbo-GSIII,Lev2" (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Also known as ETE Locality 1343, "Gebel Silsila III, Level 2", "Gabal Silsila III, Level 2", "KomOmbo-GSIII,Lev2",

Where: Kom Ombo Plain, Egypt (24.5° N, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 32.9° E)

When: Darau Member (Gebel Silsila-YCS Formation), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: From Sebekian Assemblage radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: calcitic, ETE lithology comments: sand&silt mixed

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 482, ; ETE museum list: ROM: Royal Ontario Museum

Primary reference: C. S. Churcher and P.E.L. Smith. 1972. Kom Ombo: Preliminary Report on the Fauna of Late Paleolithic Sites in Upper Egypt. Science 177:259-261 [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] more details

PaleoDB collection 22508: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 13.04.2000