Omo - O.6 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 484, Omo - O.6,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 36.0° 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: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up to sandy silt and silt, cyclic sedimentation, clayey silt (member description)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 432, ; ETE museum list: ENM, 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 21666: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus jacksoni
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus protoamphibius
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis, Ceratotherium simum
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus