Ombo (Miocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 542, Ombo,

Where: Kenya (0.1° S, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° S, 33.0° E)

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0

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•13.1 Ma according to Bishop et al. 1969

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 409, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: W. W. Bishop and J. D. Clark. 1965. Background to Evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21724: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.08.1995, edited by John Alroy, Mark Uhen and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Euthecodon sp.1
Euthecodon sp.1 Fortau 1920 crocodile
NHMUK R5936 (mandibles)
Mammalia
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) andrewsi2
Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) andrewsi2 Savage 1965 creodont
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Pterodon nyanzae n. sp.2
Pterodon nyanzae n. sp.2 Savage 1965 creodont
 Primates -
Equatorius africanus3
Equatorius africanus3 Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951 ape
1Buffetaut 1979; 2Savage 1965; 3Ward et al. 1999