Also known as ETE Locality 427, Omo - L.467,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° N, 36.2° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: F Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff F, Min = Tuff G radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: sandstone
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 443, 418, 418, 417, 416, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE
Primary reference: H. B. Wesselman. 1984. The Omo Micromammals: Systematics and Paleoecology of Early Man Sites from Ethiopia. Contributions to Vertebrate Evolution 17 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21609: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada | |
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
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Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
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