Middle Awash - Asa mbr. (Miocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 979, Middle Awash - Asa mbr.,

Where: Ethiopia (10.3° N, 40.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 39.7° E)

When: Asa Member (Adu-Asa Formation), Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max age=9;Min age=3.89+/-.02 (AT-1/VT-1 in Aramis mbr, Ar/Ar&Ca/K dates)" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "shallow lakes, fluv influence"
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "silts, sands, minor diatomites, and tuffs."

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 505, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: J. E. Kalb. 1993. Refined stratigraphy of the hominid-bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash Valley, Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Newsletter of Stratigraphy 29(1):21-62 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22158: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Miotragoceras sp.
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE occurrence; species: Rodentia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE occurrence; species: Chiroptera
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet., Anancus kenyensis
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
ETE occurrence; species: Adu-Asa type
Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis, cf. Stegodon kenyensis, Stegodon cf. kaisensis, Stegotetrabelodon orbus
"Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis Coppens 1965 elephant
Stegodon cf. kaisensis Hopwood 1939 elephant
Stegotetrabelodon orbus Maglio 1970 elephant
 Tribosphenida - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet., cf. Diceros bicornis
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE occurrence; species: Rhinocerotidae
cf. Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp., "Hipparion cf. primigenium" = Hippotherium primigenium
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
"Hipparion cf. primigenium" = Hippotherium primigenium von Meyer 1829 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Kobus aff. subdolus, Tragelaphus sp.
Kobus aff. subdolus Gentry 1980 antelope
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Lothagam type
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet.
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE occurrence; species: Giraffidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus cf. tulotos, Kolpochoerus sp.
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sp.
Hexaprotodon sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet.
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
ETE occurrence; species: Hyaenidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet., cf. Paracolobus chemeroni
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: large Colobine
cf. Paracolobus chemeroni Leakey 1969 monkey