Omo - L.49 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 464, Omo - L.49,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° 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: fluvial; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: coarser at base

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

Primary reference: G. Eck. 1977. Diversity and frequency distributions of Omo Group Cercopithecidae. Journal of Human Evolution 6:55-63 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details

PaleoDB collection 21646: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis