Omo - member G9 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 831, Omo - member G9,

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: graded

• 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, silt, and clayey silt. General fining-upward trend."

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 500, 499, ; 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 22010: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus jacksoni, Kolpochoerus sp.
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum