Omo - O.177 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 409, Omo - O.177,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 4.5° N, 36.0° E (Wright 2013)

When: E Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff E, Min = Tuff F radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: stratified medium sandy tuffite, silty clay and sandy silt

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 439, 438, 437, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE

Primary reference: C. S. Feibel, F.H. Brown, and I. McDougall. 1989. Stratigraphic Context of Fossil hominids from the Omo Group Deposits: Northern Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78:595-622 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21591: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus limnetes
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo cf. habilis
Homo cf. habilis Leakey et al. 1964 human