Omo - O.103 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 490, Omo - O.103,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° 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: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: cyclic units
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med-coarse with scattered gravels, fines up to silt, ss slabs, tuffite (member description)

Collection methods: 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 21672: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Neotragini
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada