SELECT * FROM sessions,people WHERE ip=20315109220 AND enterer=person_noSELECT p.first_name AS contributor_first,p.last_name AS contributor_last,p2.first_name AS enterer_first,p2.last_name AS enterer_last,t.* FROM people p,people p2,samples t WHERE t.contributor_no=p.person_no AND t.enterer_no=p2.person_no AND t.sample_no=4247 GROUP BY t.sample_noSELECT * FROM samples WHERE sample_no=4247SELECT person_no,first_name,last_name FROM peopleSELECT * FROM refs WHERE ref_no=3870SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE tbl_name='samples';SELECT * FROM register WHERE sample_no=4247 ORDER BY register_no ASCSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Hippopotamus' AND (junior_species='gorgops' OR junior_species='gorgops')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Hippopotamus' AND (species='gorgops' OR species='gorgops') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT *,0 AS individuals FROM crc WHERE genus='Hippopotamus' AND (species='gorgops' OR species='gorgops')SELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Hippopotamus' AND (junior_species='gorgops' OR junior_species='gorgops')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Hippopotamus' AND (species='gorgops' OR species='gorgops') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Hippopotamus' AND (junior_species='karumensis' OR junior_species='karumensis')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Hippopotamus' AND (species='karumensis' OR species='karumensis') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT *,0 AS individuals FROM crc WHERE genus='Hippopotamus' AND (species='karumensis' OR species='karumensis')SELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Hippopotamus' AND (junior_species='karumensis' OR junior_species='karumensis')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Hippopotamus' AND (species='karumensis' OR species='karumensis') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Hexaprotodon' AND (junior_species='sp.' OR junior_species='sp.')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Hexaprotodon' AND (species='sp.' OR species='sp.') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT *,0 AS individuals FROM crc WHERE genus='Hexaprotodon' AND (species='sp.' OR species='sp.')SELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Hexaprotodon' AND (junior_species='sp.' OR junior_species='sp.')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Hexaprotodon' AND (species='sp.' OR species='sp.') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Kolpochoerus' AND (junior_species='olduvaiensis' OR junior_species='olduvaiensis')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Kolpochoerus' AND (species='olduvaiensis' OR species='olduvaiensis') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT *,0 AS individuals FROM crc WHERE genus='Kolpochoerus' AND (species='olduvaiensis' OR species='olduvaiensis')SELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Kolpochoerus' AND (junior_species='olduvaiensis' OR junior_species='olduvaiensis')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Kolpochoerus' AND (species='olduvaiensis' OR species='olduvaiensis') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Tragelaphus' AND (junior_species='spekii' OR junior_species='speki')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Tragelaphus' AND (species='spekii' OR species='speki') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Tragelaphus' AND (junior_species='spekii' OR junior_species='speki')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Tragelaphus' AND (species='spekii' OR species='speki') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT * FROM register WHERE sample_no=4247 The Ecological Register: Wadi Maebele
Wadi Maebele
Basic information
Sample name: Wadi Maebele

Sample aka: Buia; MHB

Reference: B. Martínez-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: 14.70° N, 39.94° 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 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

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)

Methods
Life forms: ungulates

Sample size: 6 specimens

Years: 1995 - 1997, 2000

Sampling comments: it is not clear whether the fossils are mostly excavated or surface finds

Metadata
Sample number: 4247

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-04-22 17:04:51

Modified: 2023-04-22 07:04:51

Abundance distribution
5 species
4 singletons
total count 6
extrapolated richness: 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
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Hippopotamus gorgops1
less one specimen of karumensis reassigned by Pandolfi et al. (2023)
Hippopotamus aff. karumensis1
see Pandolfi et al. (2023)
Hexaprotodon sp.1
Kolpochoerus olduvaiensis1
Tragelaphus cf. spekii254 kg browser-grazer
"Tragelaphus cf. spekei"