PBDB Collection

Konso - KGA10 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 1332, KGA 10, Konso-Gardula 10, Konso - KGA10,

Where: Ethiopian Rift, Ethiopia (5.3° N, 37.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 37.4° E)

When: Calabrian (1.8 - 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: alluvial fan; sandy claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: alluvial_fan ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .

• ETE rock type adj: with sand, ETE lithology comments: Altern cly&silt/snd lyer.

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 933, ; 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 22499: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.04.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE occurrence; species: ileretensis
Carnivora - Felidae	Dinofelis aff. piveteaui Dinofelis aff. piveteaui Ewer 1955 cat
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus sp. Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo ETE occurrence; species: Hippopotamus/Hexaprotodon
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Metridiochoerus compactus, Metridiochoerus hopwoodi, Kolpochoerus olduvaiensis Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig originally entered as "Metridochoerus compactus" Metridiochoerus hopwoodi Leakey 1958 pig originally entered as "Metridochoerus hopwoodi" Kolpochoerus olduvaiensis pig
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovini indet., Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Tragelaphus cf. scriptus, Alcelaphini indet., Parmularius augusticornis, Connochaetes sp., Reduncini indet., Kobus sp., Hippotragus sp., "Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro, Gazella sp. Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE occurrence; species: Bovini Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu Tragelaphus cf. scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini Parmularius augusticornis antelope Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE occurrence; species: Reduncini Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope "Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro Hopwood 1936 antelope Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffidae indet. Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus cf. oldowayensis Equus cf. oldowayensis horse
Primates - Hominidae	"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei, Homo erectus "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Paranthropus Homo erectus Dubois 1892 human
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Papio sp. Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon