Also known as ETE Locality 959, Middle Awash - Andalee,
Where: Ethiopia (10.9° N, 40.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 40.5° E)
When: Wehaietu Formation (Awash Group), Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Fauna and stratigraphic position suggest a late Middle Pleistocene age for the beds at Andalee. radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 496, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Primary reference: J. E. Kalb. 1995. Fossil elephantoids, Awash paleolake basins, and the Afar triple junction, Ethiopia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 114:357-368 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22138: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 15.03.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
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Mammalia | |
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lutrinae
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Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Canidae
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig | |
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe | |
Gazella sp., Aepyceros sp., Alcelaphini indet., Redunca cf. redunca, Tragelaphus cf. scriptus, cf. Pelorovis sp.
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Redunca cf. redunca Hamilton Smith 1827 bohor reedbuck
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
cf. Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat | |
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Gerbillinae
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"Dendromuridae indet." = Dendromurinae
"Dendromuridae indet." = Dendromurinae Alston 1875 mouse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Dendromurinae
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Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey
Theropithecus aff. oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: aff. leakeyi
Colobus sp. Illiger 1811 monkey |