Also known as ETE Locality 960, Middle Awash - Adu-Asa fm.,
Where: Ethiopia (10.3° N, 40.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 39.7° E)
When: Adu-Asa Formation (Awash Group), Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 9.0 (ignimbrite overlying Chorora fm).Min age = 3.89 +/- .02 (AT-1 or VT-1 in Aramis mbr, Ar/Ar & Ca/K dates). radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 576, 575, 492, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Primary reference: J. E. Kalb, M. Jeager, C. J. Jolly and B. Kana. 1982. Preliminary geology and paleoecology of a Sangoan site at Andalee, Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Journal of Archaeological Science 9:349-363 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 22139: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 15.03.1999, edited by Denne Reed
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
"Cainochoerus cf. africanus" = Pecarichoerus africanus2
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Nyanzachoerus australis2, Nyanzachoerus sp.2, "Nyanzachoerus cf. devauxi" = Propotamochoerus devauxi2, "Nyanzachoerus cf. waylandi" = Sus waylandi2, "Nyanzachoerus syrticus" = Sivachoerus syrticus2
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Bovidae indet., Gazella sp.2, Raphicerus sp.2, Madoqua sp.2, "Kobus aff. porrecticornis" = Antilope porrecticornis2, Hippotragini indet.2, Reduncini indet., Kobus sp.2, Kobus subdolus2, Tragelaphus sp.2, Bovini indet.2, "Simatherium aff. demissum" = Ugandax demissum2, Boselaphini indet., Tragoportax sp.2, cf. Prostrepsiceros aff. liybicus2
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Boselaphini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1997 antelope | |
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"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium2
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Stegodibelodon schneideri2, "Primelephas cf. gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis, "Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis2, Mammuthus subplanifrons2
"Primelephas cf. gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis Coppens 1965 elephant |