Omo - O.166 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 493, Omo - O.166,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff E, Min = Tuff F radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up to silt, conglomeratic sand at base, dark brown silt at top (member description)

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 418, 417, 416, 415, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; 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 21675: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus limnetes, Notochoerus sp.
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus sp.
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo cf. habilis
Homo cf. habilis Leakey et al. 1964 human
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis, Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey