Omo - O.254 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 502, Omo - O.254,

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: transitional in G-13
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: silt in G-12, sand in G-13, fining upwards, G-13 is trans. fluvio-lacustr., sands interbedded with silts (member descrip

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 416, 409, 123, 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 21684: 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
Phacochoerus modestus, Kolpochoerus limnetes
Phacochoerus modestus warthog
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa
Adenota
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"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932