Omo - L.76 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 357, Omo - L.76,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: D Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff D ( 2.52+-.05ma), Min = Tuff E radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: stratified, transitional to silt and sand

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 123, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM

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 21542: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros