Also known as ETE Locality 1000, Middle Awash - Kuseralee mbr.,
Where: Ethiopia (10.4° N, 40.4° E: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 39.8° E)
When: Kuseralee Member (Adu-Asa Formation), Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max age=9.0 ignimbrite overly Chorora fm;min age=3.89+/-.02 ,At-1 or Vt-1 in Aramis mbr" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Primary reference: J. E. Kalb. 1993. Refined stratigraphy of the hominid-bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash Valley, Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Newsletter of Stratigraphy 29(1):21-62 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22179: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 20.04.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
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Stegotetrabelodon orbus, "Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis, cf. Mammuthus subplanifrons
Stegotetrabelodon orbus Maglio 1970 elephant
"Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis Coppens 1965 elephant
cf. Mammuthus subplanifrons mammoth | |
Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942 gomphothere | |
Ceratotherium cf. praecox white rhino | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Hexaprotodon sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo | |
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Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus aff. nakuae, Ugandax sp., cf. Ugandax gautieri, Alcelaphini indet., Hippotragini indet., cf. Mesembriportax acrae, cf. Gazella sp.
Tragelaphus aff. nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970 antelope
cf. Ugandax gautieri Cook and Coryndon 1970 antelope
cf. Mesembriportax acrae Gentry 1974 antelope
cf. Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle | |
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig | |
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Cercopithecidae indet., Cercopithecidae indet., Macaca sp., cf. Libypithecus sp., cf. Paracolobus chemeroni
cf. Libypithecus sp. Stromer 1913 monkey
cf. Paracolobus chemeroni Leakey 1969 monkey |