Omo - member F (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 844, Omo - member F,

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: fluvial

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "Braided channels, less sediment load, water flow"
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Interbedded sand, silt, tuff, and gravel."

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

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

Primary reference: S. C. Coryndon and Y. Coppens. 1973. Preliminary report on Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Lower Omo Basin, Ethiopia. Fossil Vertebrates of Africa 3:139-157 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details

PaleoDB collection 22023: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis