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Benot Ya'aqov, Northern District (HaZafon District), Israel
Formation | Benot Ya'aqov |
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Age: | 2.59 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene |
Interval | Pleistocene |
Lithology | limestone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 8 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Gesher Benot Ya'aqov - the 'Bar' | Northern District (HaZafon District), Israel | Benot Ya'aqov |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Aves class | Animalia : Chordata : Aves | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Bos sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bos | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Capra sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Capra | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Gazella gazella species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Gazella : Gazella gazella | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Cervus sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Cervus | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Dama mesopotamica species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Dama : Dama mesopotamica | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Proboscidea order | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Testudines order | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Goren-Inbar N., Belitzky S., et al (1992) Gesher Benot Ya'aqov - the "Bar": an Acheulean Assemblage., Geoarchaeology 7 1, 27-40 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!