Also known as ETE Locality 371, Omo - L.26, P.86,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 36.1° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: E Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff E, Min = Tuff F radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: sandstone
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, 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 21553: 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: shungurensis
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"Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei, cf. Homo sp.
"Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
cf. Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human | |
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Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Kolpochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus limnetes, Metridiochoerus jacksoni
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Hipparion sitifense Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse |