Also known as ETE Locality 1312, Afar Depression, Danakil - general,

Where: Afar Depression, Eritrea (14.1° N, 39.9° E: paleocoordinates 14.8° N, 39.8° E)

When: Danakil Formation (Red Series Group), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: "Formation correlated to Awash Group, Ethiopia. Based on biochronological & paleomagnetic data."

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; silty siltstone

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: E. Abbate, A. Albianelli, A. Azzaroli, M. Benvenuti, B. Tesfamariam, P. Bruni, N. Cipriani, R. J. Clarke, G. Ficcarelli, R. Macchiarelli, G. Napoleone, M. Papini, L. Rook, M. Sagri, T. Medhin Tecle, D. Torre, and I. Villa. 1998. A one-million-year-old Homo cranium from the Danakil (Afar) Depression of Eritrea. Nature 393:458-460 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 22488: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.04.2000, edited by John Damuth

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