Omo - O.76 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 491, Omo - O.76,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 35.9° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff F , 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: meandering and braided stream deposits
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: interlayered with silt, fines up to silt, greenish sand and clay in F, tuffite (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: 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 21673: 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
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae, cf. Aepyceros sp., Alcelaphini indet.
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
cf. Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Omo
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Metridiochoerus jacksoni, Kolpochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus limnetes, cf. Kolpochoerus limnetes
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
cf. Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet., "Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
"Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti, Paracolobus mutiwa
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey