Omo - member D (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

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:

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Channel & levee deposits on floodplain
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Interbedded sand, silt, and tuff."

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
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: non-robust
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"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