Omo - O.132 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 423, Omo - O.132,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° 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+-.-8ma), Min = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: graded sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: channel to levee to floodplain deposit
• ETE rock type adj: compact, ETE lithology comments: medium, fines up to silty clay, mottles, stratified, Etheria reef in C-6-2, black and red concretions

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM, 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 21605: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet., Rhinocolobus turkanaensis, Theropithecus brumpti
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp.
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig