Middle Awash - Wilti Dora (Pliocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 988, Middle Awash - Wilti Dora,

Where: Ethiopia (10.6° N, 40.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 40.4° E)

When: Matabaietu Formation (Awash Group), Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age=3.85+/-.08 (Cindery or Lapilli Tuff);Min age=Pleist; fauna sugg L. Pliocene age radiometric intage_max,

Environment/lithology: fluvial

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: alluviation & downcutting
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "lo unit: var, discont cyclic clay,sand,tuff, gravel;up unit: clays, tuff,ss,conglom"

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 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 22167: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki, "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: recki
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Parmularius cf. pandatus, Beatragus antiquus, Damaliscus ademassui
Parmularius cf. pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope
Beatragus antiquus Leakey 1965 hirola
Damaliscus ademassui Vrba 1997 antelope