PBDB Collection

Omo - O.29 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 439, Omo - O.29,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° N, 35.9° 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: siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0

• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fining upward from sand, cyclic sedimentation (member description)

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 445, 443, 418, 418, 417, 416, 409, 123, 104, 81, ; 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 21621: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion sp., Equus sp. Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium simum Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus protoamphibius, Hippopotamus sp. Hippopotamus protoamphibius hippo Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: B-Omo
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Phacochoerus modestus, Metridiochoerus jacksoni, cf. Metridiochoerus sp., Metridiochoerus andrewsi, Kolpochoerus limnetes, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Notochoerus sp., "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Phacochoerus modestus warthog Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W cf. Metridiochoerus sp. Hopwood 1926 pig Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Aepyceros shungurae, Hippotragini indet., Hippotragus sp., Alcelaphini indet., "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera, Kobus sigmoidalis, Kobus kob, Menelikia lyrocera, Tragelaphus nakuae, Tragelaphus gaudryi Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985 impala ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov.-Omo Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera Arambourg 1947 reedbuck Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope Kobus kob Erxleben 1777 kob Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope
Primates - Hominidae	Homo cf. habilis Homo cf. habilis Leakey et al. 1964 human
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Theropithecus oswaldi, Paracolobus mutiwa, Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey