Aramis mbr/Beearyada beds (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 997, Middle Awash, Aramis mbr/Beearyada beds,

Where: Ethiopia (10.5° N, 40.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 40.2° E)

When: Aramis Member (Sagantole Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max age=3.89+/-.02 (At-1/VT-1,Ar/Ar & Ca/K dates);Min ag =3.85+/-.08 (Cindery or Lapilli Tuff)" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrinegraded

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lake margin
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "silt,siltstone, and,ss,tuff includ the YET, gravel, clay, conglom, ls"

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

PaleoDB collection 22176: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecinae indet.
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sp.
Hexaprotodon sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis, Nyanzachoerus jaegeri, Kolpochoerus afarensis
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig
Nyanzachoerus jaegeri Coppens 1971 pig
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet.
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE occurrence; species: Girafidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Boselaphini indet., Tragelaphini indet., Hippotragini indet., Alcelaphini indet.
Boselaphini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1997 antelope
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus sp.
Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere
ETE occurrence; species: Sagantole-type
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta cf. adaurora, Mammuthus subplanifrons, cf. Mammuthus sp., "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
Loxodonta cf. adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant
cf. Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE occurrence; species: brumpti