Omo - O.47 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 475, Barton hill, OSH 2-3, Omo - O.47,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 36.2° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: could be fluv_deltaic
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med. stratified, clayey silt, ss slabs, Etheria reefs (member description)

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 432, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

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 21657: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816 oryx
Neotragini indet. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Neotragini
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet., "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
Colobinae indet. Blyth 1875 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey