Omo - member E1 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 822, Omo - member E1,

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: "Sand conglomerate, sand, and silt"

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 487, 483, 482, 481, 478, 477, 81, ; 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 22001: 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
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum, Hipparion sp.
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus limnetes, "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti, Paracolobus mutiwa
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey