Where: Ethiopia (10.4° N, 40.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 40.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kuseralee Member (Sagantole Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• basal Pliocene

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; volcaniclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: J.-R. Boisserie. 2004. A new species of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Sgantole Formation, Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 175(5):525-533 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97500: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.08.2010

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