USNO - general (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 571, USNO - general,

Where: Ethiopia (5.3° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 35.7° E)

When: max: zone min: zone zone, USNO Formation (Omo Group), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max = U-11/12 boundary, bottom of Mammoth, Min = U-16/17 boundary (paleomag), top of Kaena

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: 0

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM, 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 21753: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 30.08.1995

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas ekorensis
Elephas ekorensis Maglio 1970 elephant
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse