Middle Awash - Kalaloo Mbr. (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 954, Middle Awash - Kalaloo Mbr.,

Where: Ethiopia (10.6° N, 40.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 40.3° E)

When: Sagantole Formation (Awash Group), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age = 3.85 +/- .08 (CT (Cindery or Lapilli Tuff)). Min age = Pleistocene, based on fauna. radiometric intage_max,

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; tuff

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine_lg, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lake-marginal and alluvial deposition
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Widely traceable lapilli tuff and variable silts, siltstone, sand, microconglomerate lenses, silty tuff, and clay.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 566, 565, 564, 563, 562, 561, 560, 559, 558, 557, 556, 555, 554, 553, 552, 551, 550, 549, 548, 547, 546, 545, 491, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: J. E. Kalb, E.B. Oswald, S. Tebedge, A. Mebrate, E. Tola and D. Peak. 1982. Geology and stratigraphy of Neogene deposits, Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Nature 298:17-25 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/D. Reed]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22133: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 15.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp., Mammuthus sp., cf. Mammuthus subplanifrons
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet., Anancus sp.
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
ETE occurrence; species: Stegotetrabelodont
Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE occurrence; species: Rhinocerotidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sp.
Hexaprotodon sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet.
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE occurrence; species: Giraffidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus aff. nakuae
cf. Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Tragelaphus aff. nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: mak - species name from unique name
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
cf. Theropithecus sp., Theropithecus cf. oswaldi, Parapapio sp.
cf. Theropithecus sp. Geoffroy 1843 gelada
Theropithecus cf. oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
ETE occurrence; species: cf. darti
Parapapio sp. Jones 1937 monkey