Omo - member D2 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 817, Omo - member D2,

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: levee

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

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 482, 481, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: G. Eck. 1977. Diversity and frequency distributions of Omo Group Cercopithecidae. Journal of Human Evolution 6:55-63 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details

PaleoDB collection 21996: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Kobus sigmoidalis
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros