Fejej - FJ5 (Pliocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 1408, Fejej - FJ5,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 37.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 36.7° E)

When: Fejej Formation (Fejej Basalts Group), Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Overlying 89FJ-5B Tuff younger than Malbe Tuff (1.87My)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Fluv w/intrbd lacustr units&vol ash
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Overlain by 1m th,lght gry ash lyer"

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: J. Fleagle, T. Bown, and D. Rasmussen. 1992. Fejej, Southern Ethiopia. Research and Exploration 8(1):119-120 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 22568: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig
originally entered as "Metridochoerus andrewsi"
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Reduncini
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon