PBDB Collection

Omo - member C (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 860, Omo - member C,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 36.1° E)

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max age = 2.85 +/- .08 (Tuff C). Min age = 2.52 +/- .05 (Tuff D, correlated to Hasuma Tuff at E. Turkana)." radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "Swamp, levee and channel deposits."

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Interbedded sand, silt, clay, tuffite, and sandstone."

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 520, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: Y. Coppens and F. C. Howell. 1987. Les Faunes Plio-Pleistocenes de la Basse Vallee de L'Omo (Ethiopie) Tome 3: Cercopithecidae de la Formation de Shungura. Cahiers de Paleontologie. Editions du CNRS. Paris. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22039: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998, edited by John Damuth and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Unionida - Etheriidae	Etheria indet. Etheria indet. Lamarck 1807 clam ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Syncerus cf. acoelotus, Tragelaphus nakuae, Menelikia lyrocera Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hexaprotodon protoamphibius, Hexaprotodon shungurensis n. sp., Hippopotamus sp. Hexaprotodon protoamphibius pygmy hippo Hexaprotodon shungurensis n. sp. Geze 1985 pygmy hippo Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: B-Omo
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion sp. Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium simum Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Theropithecus brumpti Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
Primates - Hominidae	Australopithecus sp. Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: non-robust
Rodentia - Muridae	"Mastomys minor" = Epimys (Mastomys) "Mastomys minor" = Epimys (Mastomys) rat ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (Praomys)