Omo - member G27 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 808, Omo - member G27,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 36.1° E)

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 2.33 (Tuff G). Min age = 1.88 (Tuff F). radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: mudflats and deltaic environments
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Interlayered silt and sand

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list: ENM

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 21987: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Paracolobus mutiwa
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus limnetes, Metridiochoerus jacksoni
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella praethomsoni, Beatragus antiquus
Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947 gazelle
Beatragus antiquus Leakey 1965 hirola
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp., "Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
Adenota
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"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932