Also known as ETE Locality 992, Middle Awash - Sagantole fm.,
Where: Ethiopia (10.5° N, 40.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 40.2° E)
When: Sagantole Formation (Awash Group), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Fauna sim to lower Chemeron fm, Ateriri beds, Lothagam-3, sugg early Pliocene age for this fm"
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, graded sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Primary reference: J. E. Kalb, C. J. Jolly, A. Mebrate, S. Tebedge, C. Smart, E.B. Oswald, D. Cramer, P. Whitehead, C.B. Wood, G.C. Conroy, T. Adefris, L. Sperling, and B. Kana. 1982. Fossil Mammals and Artifacts from the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Nature 298:25-29 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22171: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig | |
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Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant |