Omo - L.157 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 379, Omo - L.157,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

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

Environment/lithology: siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: meandering river replaced by braided deposits
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up from sand (F-1-1) to silty clay in F-1-3, lower contact - erosional, coarser material(member description )

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 421, ; 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 21561: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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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
"cf. Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti
"cf. Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
 Primates - Hominidae
"Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
"Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
Adenota
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"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932