Omo - L.127 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 365, Omo - L.127,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff E, Min = Tuff F radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: dep. seq=channel,levee, floodplain
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: silty clay and silt in E-3-3, sand is obliquely stratified, description and thickness for member

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 88, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE

Primary reference: M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21547: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 03.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Redunca sp.
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti, Paracolobus mutiwa
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey