Middle Awash - Gamedah 1 (Pliocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 985, Middle Awash - Gamedah 1,

Where: Ethiopia (10.6° N, 40.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 40.3° E)

When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Age based on stratigraphic position, estimated at ~2.0 or~2.5 myo."

Environment/lithology:

• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: 0

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: E. S. Vrba and J. Gatesy. 1994. New antelope fossils from Awash, Ethiopia, and phylogenetic analysis of Hippotragini (Bovidae, Mammalia). Palaeontologia Africana 31:55-72 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22164: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Hippotragus gigas, Damaliscus ademassui, Beatragus antiquus
Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965 antelope
Damaliscus ademassui Vrba 1997 antelope
Beatragus antiquus Leakey 1965 hirola