Omo - upper member G (14-29) (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 809, Omo - upper member G (14-29),

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 H). radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lacustrine and deltaic sediments
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Silts, sands, and clays"

Collection methods: quarrying, 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 21988: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Metridiocheorus jacksoni
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp., "Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum, Equus sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae, Syncerus cf. acoelotus
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi, Paracolobus mutiwa
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey