Omo - L.576 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 479, BMNH, ENM, KNM, Omo - L.576,

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

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma), Min = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: chan_bar ETE event: ., ETE env comment: hominids"lag"group suggest sorting before depos.
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up to silt and silty clay, lens of stratified tuffite, ss slabs, stratified med sand (member description)

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 445, 443, 418, 418, 417, 416, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: G. Suwa, T. D. White, and F. Clark Howell. 1996. Mandibular postcanine dentition from the Shungura Formation, Ethiopia: Crown morphology, taxonomic allocations and Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 101:247-282 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21661: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae, Syncerus cf. acoelotus
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus jacksoni
Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet., Australopithecus sp.
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust)
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada