Omo - O.100 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 451, Omo - O.100, P.742,

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

• ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: lagoon ETE event: ., ETE env comment: some lacustrine,mudflats behind deltaic fringe
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: upward-fining sand to silt, clayey silt, laminated caly, stratified silt, changing stratification (member description)

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

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 21633: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus gaudryi
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Metridiochoerus jacksoni, Kolpochoerus limnetes
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
Adenota
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"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932