Omo - member G5 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 835, Omo - member G5,

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: "Braided R. replaces meandering. Levee, channel"
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Gravel, sand, silt, and clay. General fining-upward trend."

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 516, 515, 514, ; 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 22014: 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
Equus oldowayensis
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Ancylotherium hennigi
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Menelikia lyrocera
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Notochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus limnetes
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Primates - Hominidae
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Paracolobus mutiwa
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey
Adenota
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"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932