Omo - O.75n (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 488, Omo - O.75n, P.719,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 35.9° 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: fluvial-deltaic; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: tranistional to deltaic
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up to silt in G-12, stays sand in G-13, Etheria reef (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

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 21670: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Aepyceros shungurae, Kobus sigmoidalis, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Ovibovini
Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985 impala
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Omo
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti, Theropithecus oswaldi, Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
Adenota
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"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932