PBDB Collection

Omo - O.33 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 443, Omo - O.33,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 36.1° E)

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Min and Max Ages = Tuff F radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: silty

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

• ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: lenses of med-coarse sand, pumice, clay and silt

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Primary reference: C. S. Feibel, F.H. Brown, and I. McDougall. 1989. Stratigraphic Context of Fossil hominids from the Omo Group Deposits: Northern Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78:595-622 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21625: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997, edited by Richard Potts and 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: shungurensis
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Diceros bicornis, Ceratotherium simum Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion sp. Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Gazella praethomsoni Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947 gazelle
Artiodactyla - Suidae	"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Notochoerus sp., Metridiochoerus jacksoni, cf. Metridiochoerus jacksoni, Kolpochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus limnetes "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W cf. Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Carnivora - Herpestidae	Helogale hirtula Helogale hirtula Thomas 1904 Ethiopian dwarf mongoose
Primates - Hominidae	Hominidae indet., "Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei, Homo cf. habilis Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae "Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine Homo cf. habilis Leakey et al. 1964 human
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Rhinocolobus turkanaensis, Theropithecus oswaldi, Theropithecus brumpti Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
Rodentia - Muridae	"Mastomys minor" = Epimys (Mastomys), "Aethomys deheinzelini" = Epimys (Aethomys), Tatera sp., Thallomys quadrilobatus, Lemniscomys cf. striatus "Mastomys minor" = Epimys (Mastomys) rat "Aethomys deheinzelini" = Epimys (Aethomys) rock rat Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil Thallomys quadrilobatus mouse Lemniscomys cf. striatus striped grass mouse
Rodentia - Dipodidae	Jaculus orientalis Jaculus orientalis jerboa
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Xerus sp. Xerus sp. Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 African ground squirrel
Rodentia - Thryonomyidae	Thryonomys gregorianus Thryonomys gregorianus Thomas 1894 Lesser cane rat
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Heterocephalus atikoi Heterocephalus atikoi naked mole-rat
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Lepus capensis Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare