Omo - L.3 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 366, Omo - L.3, P.417,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 4.5° N, 36.0° E (Wright 2013)

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

• ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: swamp ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deltaic plains and swamps (member description)
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: interbedded with sand, ss slabs, drifted wood, limonitic concretions, (member description and thickness)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 403, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

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 21548: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki, "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Menelikia lyrocera
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope