Middle Awash - Andalee (Pleistocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 959, Middle Awash - Andalee,

Where: Ethiopia (10.9° N, 40.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 40.5° E)

When: Wehaietu Formation (Awash Group), Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Fauna and stratigraphic position suggest a late Middle Pleistocene age for the beds at Andalee. radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Calcified concretions suggest periodic dessication
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: reddish brown massive clays, silts, and fine sands, and coarse sands, calcareous sandstones, and pebble conglomerates.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 496, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: J. E. Kalb. 1995. Fossil elephantoids, Awash paleolake basins, and the Afar triple junction, Ethiopia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 114:357-368 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22138: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 15.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
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Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Anura
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat
 Rodentia - Nesomyidae
"Dendromuridae indet." = Dendromurinae
"Dendromuridae indet." = Dendromurinae Alston 1875 mouse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Dendromurinae
 Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae spp. Illiger 1811 mouse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Murinae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Gerbillinae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Colobus sp. Illiger 1811 monkey
Theropithecus aff. oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: aff. leakeyi
Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Redunca cf. redunca Hamilton Smith 1827 bohor reedbuck
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
cf. Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lutrinae
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Canidae
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lacertilia
 Ophidia -
Ophidia indet. snake
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Ophidia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves