Also known as ETE Locality 995, Maka & Belohdelie,
Where: Ethiopia (10.5° N, 40.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 40.3° E)
When: Kalaloo Member (Sagantole Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: "Max age = 3.89+/-.02 (At-1 or VT-1,Ar/Ar&Ca/K dating);Min age based on correl of fauna w/radiomet dated sites" radiometric intage_max,
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gravel
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list:
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
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22174: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999, edited by Hannah O'Regan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Sidihakomai sp. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp. nov."
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Mammalia | |
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat | |
Theropithecus sp. Geoffroy 1843 gelada | |
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine | |
Galeopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 colugo | |
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig | |
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Tragelaphus aff. nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970 antelope | |
Chasmaporthetes sp. Hay 1921 hyaena | |
Deinotherium cf. bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
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Reptilia | |
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Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile |