Omo - L.369 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 457, Omo - L.369,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: B Member (Shungura Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max=Tuff B-10-1(2.95+-.03ma), Min = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandy siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: sandy, ETE lithology comments: red stained pellets, concretions, tuffite, silty clay (member description)

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM

Primary reference: H. B. Wesselman. 1984. The Omo Micromammals: Systematics and Paleoecology of Early Man Sites from Ethiopia. Contributions to Vertebrate Evolution 17 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21639: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Pelorovis sp.
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Gigantohyrax maguirei
Gigantohyrax maguirei Kitching 1965 hyrax