Also known as ETE Locality 815, Omo - member D,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 36.0° E)
When: D Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 2.52 +/- .05 (Tuff D). Min age = 2.37 (Tuff E). radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology:
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Primary reference: F. C. Howell and Y. Coppens. 1973. Inventory of remains of Hominidae from Pliocene and Pleistocene formations of the lower Omo Basin, Ethiopia (1967-1972). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 40:1-16 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details
PaleoDB collection 21994: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig | |
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: non-robust
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Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki, "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
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