Also known as ETE Locality 449, Omo - L.36,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° N, 36.0° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: D Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max=Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma), Min = Tuff E radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: sandstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE
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 21631: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
Kobus kob Erxleben 1777 kob
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
Kolpochoerus limnetes, "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
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