Omo general (Pliocene to of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.9° N, 35.8° E)

When: Shungura Formation (Omo Group), Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. S. B. Leakey. 1943. New fossil Suidae from shungura, Omo. Journal of The East Africa Natural History Society 17:45-61 [M. Uhen/L. Craig/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195542: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Gerontochoerus scotti n. gen. n. sp., Pronotochoerus jacksoni n. gen. n. sp., Mesochoerus heseloni n. sp.
Gerontochoerus scotti n. gen. n. sp. Leakey 1943 pig
Pronotochoerus jacksoni n. gen. n. sp. Leakey 1943 pig