Middle Awash - Andalee mbr. (Pleistocene to of Ethiopia)

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

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: predominantly lacustr
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "sand, silt, clay. gravel, and lense of pebble 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

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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE occurrence; species: Rodentia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE occurrence; species: Carnivora
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE occurrence; species: recki
 Dermoptera - Galeopithecidae
Galeopithecidae indet.
Galeopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 colugo
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Colobus cf. guereza, Theropithecus cf. oswaldi, "Cercopithecus cf. aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops
Colobus cf. guereza Rüppell 1835 mantled guereza
Theropithecus cf. oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
ETE occurrence; species: cf. leakeyi
"Cercopithecus cf. aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 vervet monkey
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
cf. Thryonomys sp.
cf. Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp.
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Rodentia - Nesomyidae
"Dendromuridae indet." = Dendromurinae
"Dendromuridae indet." = Dendromurinae Alston 1875 mouse
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Dendromurinae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet.
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 rodent
ETE occurrence; species: Gerbillinae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp., Equus sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
cf. Kolpochoerus majus, Phacochoerus aethiopicus
cf. Kolpochoerus majus Hopwood 1934 pig
ETE occurrence; species: B cf. K. majus, mak - species name from unique name
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Redunca sp., Aepyceros cf. melampus, Alcelaphini indet., Gazella sp., cf. Pelorovis sp., Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus cf. scriptus
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Murinae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Bovini small
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Aepyceros cf. melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
cf. Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: large
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. jumae
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp.
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Lutrinae