Also known as ETE Locality 363, Omo - L.28,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° N, 36.1° E)
When: F Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff F , Min = Tuff G radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: siltstone
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 88, ; ETE museum list: ENM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Primary reference: J. de Heinzelin. 1983. The Omo Group: Archives of the International Omo Research Expedition. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Annales Series 8, Tervuren, Belgique 85 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details
PaleoDB collection 21545: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997, edited by Richard Potts and John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gnathostomata | |
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Actinopteri | |
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829 aba knifefish | |
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cyprinidae
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Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816 | |
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Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish | |
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
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Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Amphibia | |
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Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
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Taphozous abitus sac-winged bat | |
Hipposideros kaumbului roundleaf bat | |
"Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
cf. Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada | |
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Xerus sp. Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 African ground squirrel
Paraxerus ochraceus African Bush Squirrel | |
Jaculus orientalis jerboa | |
Muridae indet., Pelomys sp., "Aethomys deheinzelini" = Epimys (Aethomys), "Mastomys minor" = Epimys (Mastomys), Acomys sp., Gerbillus sp., Tatera sp., Thallomys quadrilobatus
Pelomys sp. Peters 1852 groove-toothed swamp rat
"Aethomys deheinzelini" = Epimys (Aethomys) rock rat
"Mastomys minor" = Epimys (Mastomys) rat
Acomys sp. Geoffroy 1838 (African) spiny mice
Gerbillus sp. Desmarest 1804 gerbil
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
Thallomys quadrilobatus mouse | |
Heterocephalus atikoi naked mole-rat | |
Helogale hirtula Thomas 1904 Ethiopian dwarf mongoose | |
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
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Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Crocidura aithiops white-toothed shrew |