Omo - L.199 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 392, Omo - L.199,

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: fluvial; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up from sand to silty clay at top, white concretions (member description and thickness)

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM

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 21574: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada