Also known as ETE Locality 383, Omo - L.25, P.50,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 36.1° E)
When: G Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff G, Min = Tuff H radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: sandstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 425, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE
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 21565: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
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"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
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Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
"cf. Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog | |
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope |