Omo - L.199: Gelasian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947
4 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.7° North, 36.0° East
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Gelasian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
*International age/stage:Gelasian (minimum)
Key time interval:Gelasian
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Shungura Member:C
Local bed:C-7
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma), Min = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up from sand to silty clay at top, white concretions (member description and thickness)
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:4 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 392, Omo - L.199,
Database number:21574
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1997-07-28 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1997-07-28 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4769.ETE 478J. de Heinzelin. 1983. The Omo Group: Archives of the International Omo Research Expedition. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Annales Series 8, Tervuren, Belgique 85 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer]