Omo - L.12 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 382, Omo - L.12, P.412,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 36.0° 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, correlated with Lokalalei Tuff at E.Turkana), Min = Tuff E radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: sed seq=channel-levee-floodplain
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med., stratified, some silty sand, tuff (member description)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 425, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Primary reference: G. Eck. 1977. Diversity and frequency distributions of Omo Group Cercopithecidae. Journal of Human Evolution 6:55-63 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details

PaleoDB collection 21564: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 03.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis