PBDB Collection

Middle Awash - Bouri (Pleistocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 987, Buri, Middle Awash - Bouri,

Where: Ethiopia (10.3° N, 40.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 40.5° E)

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Fauna suggests an age of ~1 myo. radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: 0

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 565, 85, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: E. S. Vrba. 1997. New fossils of Alcelaphini and Caprinae (Bovidae: Mammalia) from Awash, Ethiopia, and phylogenetic analysis of Alcelaphini. Palaeontologia Africana 34:127-198 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 22166: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hexaprotodon bruneti n. sp. Hexaprotodon bruneti n. sp. Boisserie and White 2004 pygmy hippo
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Numidocapra crassicornis, "cf. Oreonagor sp." = Connochaetes, cf. Connochaetes taurinus, Connochaetes taurinus, "Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, "cf. Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, Parmularius angusticornis, Bouria anngettyae n. gen. n. sp., Nitidarcus asfawi n. gen. n. sp. Numidocapra crassicornis Arambourg 1949 antelope "cf. Oreonagor sp." = Connochaetes Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Megalotragus cf. Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: olduvaiensis Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: olduvaiensis "Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest "cf. Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest Parmularius angusticornis Schwarz 1937 antelope Bouria anngettyae n. gen. n. sp. Vrba 1997 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov. Nitidarcus asfawi n. gen. n. sp. Vrba 1997 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov.