Also known as ETE Locality 977, Middle Awash - Andalee mbr.,
Where: Ethiopia (10.9° N, 40.5° E)
When: Andalee Member (Wehaietu Formation), Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: "Max age based on fauna,comp to Olduvai above Lemuta mbr;Min age = 8955y BP (C14 date from gewani)" radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; conglomerate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 510, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Primary reference: J. E. Kalb, C. J. Jolly, A. Mebrate, S. Tebedge, C. Smart, E.B. Oswald, D. Cramer, P. Whitehead, C.B. Wood, G.C. Conroy, T. Adefris, L. Sperling, and B. Kana. 1982. Fossil Mammals and Artifacts from the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Nature 298:25-29 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22156: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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"Cercopithecus cf. aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 vervet monkey
Colobus cf. guereza Rüppell 1835 mantled guereza | |
Galeopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 colugo | |
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cf. Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
"Dendromuridae indet." = Dendromurinae
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
cf. Kolpochoerus majus Hopwood 1934 pig ETE occurrence; species: B cf. K. majus, mak - species name from unique name
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Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe | |
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., cf. Pelorovis sp., Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus cf. scriptus, Gazella sp., Aepyceros cf. melampus, Alcelaphini indet., Redunca sp.
cf. Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Aepyceros cf. melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck | |
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Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
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