Omo - member G3 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 837, Omo - member G3,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 4.5° N, 36.0° E (Wright 2013)

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: "Interbedded sand, silt, tuff, and clay."

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 517, ; 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 22016: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Tragelaphus nakuae, "Megalotragus cf. kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Neotragini
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
"Megalotragus cf. kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp., cf. Kolpochoerus limnetes, "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
cf. Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus