Also known as ETE Locality 385, Omo - L.16,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 36.1° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
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: sandstone
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 426, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE
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 21567: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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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Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig | |
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros | |
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum, Hipparion sitifense
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
Hipparion sitifense Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse |