Omo - O.25 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 437, L.422, Omo - O.25,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 36.1° E)

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: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med-coarse, fining up to silty sand, ss slabs, scattered gravels, silty tuffite (member description)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

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

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 21619: 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
Theropithecus oswaldi
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Kobus sigmoidalis, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera, Hippotragini indet.
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet., Kolpochoerus limnetes, "cf. Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
"cf. Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus protoamphibius
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse