Omo - O.2 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 561, L894, Omo - O.2,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 36.3° 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: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lacustrine episodes
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: sandstone fines upward to silt, clayey silt, very saline

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

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

Primary reference: J. de Heinzelin. 1983. The Omo Group: Archives of the International Omo Research Expedition. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Annales Series 8, Tervuren, Belgique 85 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details

PaleoDB collection 21743: 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: atavus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus protoamphibius, Hippopotamus cf. amphibius
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Kobus kob, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera, Menelikia lyrocera
Kobus kob Erxleben 1777 kob
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope