Also known as ETE Locality 985, Middle Awash - Gamedah 1,
Where: Ethiopia (10.6° N, 40.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 40.3° E)
When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Age based on stratigraphic position, estimated at ~2.0 or~2.5 myo."
Environment/lithology:
Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Primary reference: E. S. Vrba and J. Gatesy. 1994. New antelope fossils from Awash, Ethiopia, and phylogenetic analysis of Hippotragini (Bovidae, Mammalia). Palaeontologia Africana 31:55-72 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22164: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965 antelope
Damaliscus ademassui Vrba 1997 antelope
Beatragus antiquus Leakey 1965 hirola |