Omo - L.21 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 369, Omo - L.21, P.5,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma), Min = Tuff F radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: dry_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: silty clay (member description and thickness)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Primary reference: J. de Heinzelin. 1983. The Omo Group: Archives of the International Omo Research Expedition. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Annales Series 8, Tervuren, Belgique 85 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details

PaleoDB collection 21551: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997, edited by John Damuth

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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 - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae, Kobus sigmoidalis, Menelikia sp.
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
Menelikia sp. Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus protoamphibius
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros