Omo - member F3 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 841, Omo - member F3,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 36.0° E)

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 2.36 (Tuff F). Min age = 2.33 (Tuff G). radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "Deltaic plains, swamps. Levee, channel deposits"
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Interbedded sand and silt and sandstone.

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 517, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: G. Eck. 1977. Diversity and frequency distributions of Omo Group Cercopithecidae. Journal of Human Evolution 6:55-63 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details

PaleoDB collection 22020: 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
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum, Hipparion sp.
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Kobus sigmoidalis, Tragelaphus nakuae
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet., Homo cf. habilis
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Homo cf. habilis Leakey et al. 1964 human
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti, Paracolobus mutiwa
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey
Adenota
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"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932