Also known as ETE Locality 361, Omo - L.74, P901, P902,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 36.0° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: G Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max=Tuff G, Min= Tuff H radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: wet floodplain
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 88, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, UCBE
Primary reference: G. Suwa, T. D. White, and F. Clark Howell. 1996. Mandibular postcanine dentition from the Shungura Formation, Ethiopia: Crown morphology, taxonomic allocations and Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 101:247-282 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21543: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
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"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine | |
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Notochoerus sp.
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig | |
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse |