Omo - L.338x (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 465, L.82, Omo - L.338x, P.384,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 4.5° N, 36.0° E (Wright 2013)

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: siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: ab_chan_fill ETE event: ., ETE env comment: no soils, L228y=point bar and braided stream in E3
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: sand, obliquely stratified

Collection methods: quarrying, 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 21647: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet., "Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
"Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae
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