Omo - L.122 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 413, Omo - L.122,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 36.1° E)

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma), correlates with Lokalalei Tuff at East Turkana, Kenya, Min = Tuff E 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: medium, obliquely stratified between parallel bedding, silt lenses, tuffitic silt, tuff, cyclic sedimentation

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 417, 409, 104, 89, ; ETE museum list: 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 21595: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 03.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus jacksoni, Kolpochoerus limnetes
Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada