Middle Awash - Matabaietu fm. (Pliocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 1020, Middle Awash - Matabaietu fm.,

Where: Ethiopia (10.6° N, 40.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 40.4° E)

When: Matabaietu Formation (Awash Group), Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age=3.85+/-.08 (Cindery/Lapilli Tuff);min age bas on faucorrel w/mbrs D-F Shungura fm radiometric intage_max,

Environment/lithology: fluvial

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: alluviation & downcutting
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "lo unit:var,discont cyclic clay,sand,tuff,some grav;up unit:clays,tuff,ss,conglom"

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• 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 22197: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 20.04.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE occurrence; species: Rodentia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata, "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE occurrence; species: shungurensis
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet., Paracolobus chemeroni, Theropithecus oswaldi, Dinopithecus cf. ingens
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: Colobinae
Paracolobus chemeroni Leakey 1969 monkey
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
ETE occurrence; species: oswaldi
Dinopithecus cf. ingens Broom 1937 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: Dinopithecus cf. ingens, mak - original genus name "Papio", genus species from unique name
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystricidae indet., Hystrix sp.
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 porcupine
ETE occurrence; species: Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Carnivora - Felidae
Megantereon sp., Dinofelis sp.
Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. pygmaea
Giraffa cf. pygmaea Harris 1976 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., cf. Gazella sp., Alcelaphini indet., "Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, Beatragus cf. whitei, Beatragus whitei, cf. Beatragus whitei, Awashia suwai n. gen. n. sp., Reduncini indet., Kobus cf. kob, Oryx sp., Tragelaphus cf. nakuae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Bovidae
cf. Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
"Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
Beatragus cf. whitei Vrba 1997 hirola
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: cf. Connochaetes gentryi
Beatragus whitei Vrba 1997 hirola
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: sp. nov.
cf. Beatragus whitei Vrba 1997 hirola
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: sp. nov.
Awashia suwai n. gen. n. sp. Vrba 1997 antelope
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: sp. nov.
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Reduncini
Kobus cf. kob Erxleben 1777 kob
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816 oryx
Tragelaphus cf. nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Kolpochoerus afarensis, Kolpochoerus limnetes, Metridiochoerus jacksoni, "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sp., Hippopotamus sp.
Hexaprotodon sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion cf. afarense" = Eurygnathohippus afarense
"Hipparion cf. afarense" = Eurygnathohippus afarense Eisenmann 1976 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium cf. simum
Ceratotherium cf. simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros