Omo - L.74 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: meandering river replaced by braided channels
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: cyclic, sand fines up to silt

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
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
 Primates - Hominidae
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Notochoerus sp.
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse