Omo - L.7 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: sed sequence=point bar-levee-floodplain
• ETE rock type adj: sandy/clayey, ETE lithology comments: fining up from sandy gravel unit, chert flakes (member description and thickness)

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
 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 sp.
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust)
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Hippotragini
"Megalotragus cf. kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
cf. Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
Hipparion sitifense Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse