Hadar - AL.200 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 594, Hadar - AL.200,

Where: Ethiopia (11.1° N, 40.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 40.4° E)

When: Sidi Hakoma Member (Hadar Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = SHT (correlated to Tulu Bor at E.Turkana, 3.36+-.04ma), Min = TT4 (3.221+-.01ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; silty mudstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: 572 carbonate layers overlie this unit (member description)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 416, 411, 123, 121, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: H. B. S. Cooke. 1978. Pliocene-Pleistocene Suidae from Hadar, Ethiopia. Kirtlandia 29:1-63 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21776: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 02.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus afarensis
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
 Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus afarensis Johanson et al. 1978 australopithecine