Maka & Belohdelie (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 995, Maka & Belohdelie,

Where: Ethiopia (10.5° N, 40.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 9.3° N, 40.4° E (Wright 2013)

When: Kalaloo Member (Sagantole Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: "Max age = 3.89+/-.02 (At-1 or VT-1,Ar/Ar&Ca/K dating);Min age based on correl of fauna w/radiomet dated sites" radiometric intage_max,

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gravel

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: diatoms suggest lacustr conditions
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "gravelly sand, sand, clay, silt, diatomites, and diatomaceous clays"

Size class: macrofossils

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

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22174: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999, edited by Hannah O'Regan

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Predamalis deturi, Sidihakomai sp., Howelli sp.
Sidihakomai sp.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp. nov."
Howelli sp.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp. nov."
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE occurrence; species: Testudines
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Chasmaporthetes sp.
Chasmaporthetes sp. Hay 1921 hyaena
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Kobus sp., Tragelaphus aff. nakuae, Ugandax sp.
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Tragelaphus aff. nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Kolpochoerus afarensis
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys sp.
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus sp.
Theropithecus sp. Geoffroy 1843 gelada
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet., Australopithecus sp.
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine
 Dermoptera - Galeopithecidae
Galeopithecidae indet.
Galeopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 colugo
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium cf. bozasi
Deinotherium cf. bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE occurrence; species: brumpti