Omo - member E (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 821, Omo - member E,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 36.2° E)

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 2.37 (Tuff E). Min age = 2.36 (Tuff F). 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: 485, 483, 482, 479, 478, 477, 454, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: Y. Coppens and F. C. Howell. 1985. Les Faunes Plio-Pleistocenes de las Basse Vallee de l'Omo (Ethiopie), Tome 1: Perissodactyls, Artiodactyls (Bovidae). Cahiers de Paleontologie, Editions du CNRS, Paris [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details

PaleoDB collection 22000: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985 impala
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: kararae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis