Omo - O.210 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 498, Omo - O.210,

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fining up from sand, sandy tuff, clayey silt (member description)

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Primary reference: H. B. Wesselman. 1984. The Omo Micromammals: Systematics and Paleoecology of Early Man Sites from Ethiopia. Contributions to Vertebrate Evolution 17 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21680: 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
Alcelaphini indet., "Megalotragus cf. kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, Aepyceros shungurae
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
"Megalotragus cf. kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985 impala
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Omo
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Ancylotherium hennigi
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus