Omo - member B12 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 859, Omo - member B12,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 36.0° E)

When: B Member (Shungura Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 2.95 +/- .03 (Tuff B10). Min age = 2.85 +/- .08 (Tuff C). radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Levee and channel deposits.
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Interlayered silt, sand, clay, and tuffite"

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 520, ; 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 22038: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus afarensis
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros