Also known as ETE Locality 389, Omo - L.23,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° N, 36.0° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: C Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma), Min = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: sandstone
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, UCBE
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 21571: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
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Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
Menelikia sp. Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Kolpochoerus afarensis
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig | |
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada |