Omo - L.40 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 463, Omo - L.40,

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

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

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

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up to silty clay, concretions

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 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 21645: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis