Middle Awash - Bodo mbr. (Pleistocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 998, Middle Awash - Bodo mbr.,

Where: Ethiopia (10.6° N, 40.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 40.5° E)

When: Bodo Member (Wehaietu Formation), Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Fauna is comp to Olduvai above the Lemuta mbr. Min age = 8955 y BP (C14 date from Gewani) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; graded tuff

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: point bar
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "sands, conglomerates, silts, clays, and tuffs"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 22177: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Theropithcus cf. oswaldi
Theropithcus cf. oswaldi
ETE occurrence; species: cf. leakeyi
Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE occurrence; species: Rodentia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE occurrence; species: Carnivora
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE occurrence; species: recki
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp., Hipparion sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium cf. simum
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE occurrence; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium cf. simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes, Kolpochoerus cf. majus, Metridiochoerus cf. jacksoni
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
Kolpochoerus cf. majus Hopwood 1934 pig
ETE occurrence; species: B, cf. Kolpochoerus majus, mak - species name from unique name
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp.
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Kobus leche, Kobus cf. ellipsiprymnus, Alcelaphus cf. buselaphus, Aepyceros cf. melampus, cf. Pelorovis sp.
cf. Kobus leche Gray 1850 antelope
Kobus cf. ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Alcelaphus cf. buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Aepyceros cf. melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
cf. Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus cf. gorgops
Hippopotamus cf. gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
cf. Thryonomys sp.
cf. Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo cf. sapiens
Homo cf. sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
ETE occurrence; species: cf. rhodesiensis
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio cf. hamadryas
Papio cf. hamadryas Linnaeus 1758 Hamadryas baboon