Omo - P.791 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 565, Omo - P.791,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 36.0° E)

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff C (2.85 +/- 0.08 ma), Min = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: mixing in channel and point bar deposits
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: sand at base, silty clay at top

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 414, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM, UCBE

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 21747: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet., Rhinocolobus turkanaensis, Theropithecus brumpti
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp.
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig