Konso - general (Pleistocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 1323, Konso-Gardula, Konso - general,

Where: Ethiopian Rift, Ethiopia (5.3° N, 37.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 37.3° E)

When: Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Marker beds,tephrastrat.&Ar/Ar on tuffs" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Snd lay&lenses w/in sec dom by finer clys&silts

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 921, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: G. Suwa, B. Aswfaw, Y. Beyene, T. White, S. Katoh, S. Nagaoka, H. Nakaya, K. Uzawa, P. Renne and G. WoldeGabriel. 1997. The first skull of Australopithecus boisei. Nature 389(6650):489-492 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22490: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.04.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
ETE occurrence; species: or Paranthropus
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus "limnetes/olduvaiensis", Kolpochoerus majus, "Notochoerus aff. euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Metridiochoerus hopwoodi
Kolpochoerus "limnetes/olduvaiensis" van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
originally entered as "Kolpchoerus limnetes/olduvaiensis"
Kolpochoerus majus Hopwood 1934 pig
"Notochoerus aff. euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Metridiochoerus hopwoodi Leakey 1958 pig
originally entered as "Metridochoerus hopwoodi"
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Parmularius augusticornis, Kobus cf. sigmoidalis, "Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Syncerus sp.
Kobus cf. sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
"Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro Hopwood 1936 antelope
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Syncerus sp. Hodgson 1847 African buffalo