Omo - O.162 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 494, Omo - O.162,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma), Min = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: channels in C-6, mixing in channel and point-bar
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: cyclic-fines up to silt and silty clay, Etheria reef in C-6 (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: 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 21676: 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: shungurensis
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet.
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae