Omo - L.668 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 435, Omo - L.668,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 36.2° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max=Tuff G, Min = Tuff H radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; silty sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: fining up, clayey silt

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM

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 21617: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis, Rhinocolobus turkanaensis, Paracolobus mutiwa, Cercopithecus sp.
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey
Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey