Omo - member G11 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 829, Omo - member G11,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 36.4° E)

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 2.33 (Tuff G). Min age = 1.88 (Tuff H). 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: "Tuff, silt, and clayey silt."

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 497, 496, ; 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 22008: 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: atavus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sitifense
Hipparion sitifense Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Kolpochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus limnetes
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae