Also known as ETE Locality 384, Omo - L.7,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 36.1° E)
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: sandy sandstone
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 425, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE
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 21566: 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 sp.
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust)
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Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope
"Megalotragus cf. kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest | |
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Kolpochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus limnetes, cf. Kolpochoerus limnetes, Metridiochoerus jacksoni
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
cf. Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig | |
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros | |
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
Hipparion sitifense Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
Equus oldowayensis horse |