Also known as ETE Locality 839, Omo - member G1,
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:
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 517, ; 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 22018: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum, Equus oldowayensis
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
Equus oldowayensis horse | |
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig | |
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
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