Omo - L.37 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 420, Omo - L.37,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° N, 36.0° E)

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: graded, silty claystone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated,silty, ETE lithology comments: medium sand at base, fines up to silty clay, interstratified lens of tuff

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 441, 409, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

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 21602: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp., "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada