Omo - L.17 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 388, Omo - L.17,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: C Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma), Min = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: sand, interstratified tuffs, silty clay, cyclic units (member description and thickness)

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 21570: 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: shungurensis
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Hippotragini
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
Menelikia sp. Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae