Omo - F.257 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 405, Omo - F.257,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° N, 35.8° 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: graded sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: transistional to deltaic
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up to silt, sand=regularly stratified or cross-bedded, silt is mottled and sometimes clayey (member description)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 436, ; ETE museum list: 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 21587: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
cf. Kolpochoerus olduvaiensis, Kolpochoerus limnetes
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada