Konso - 4W (Pleistocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 1326, KGA 4W, Konso-Gardula 4W, Konso - 4W,

Where: Ethiopian Rift, Ethiopia (5.3° N, 37.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 4.7° N, 37.4° E (Wright 2013)

When: Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Tephra samples:19-91&Tuff T-1 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 921, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: G. Suwa, B. Aswfaw, Y. Beyene, T. White, S. Katoh, S. Nagaoka, H. Nakaya, K. Uzawa, P. Renne and G. WoldeGabriel. 1997. The first skull of Australopithecus boisei. Nature 389(6650):489-492 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22493: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.04.2000

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE occurrence; species: ileretensis
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus majus Hopwood 1934 pig
Kolpochoerus olduvaiensis Leakey 1942 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
ETE occurrence; species: Hippopotamus/Hexaprotodon
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Bovini
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Reduncini
Kobus cf. sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe