Omo - O.132: Gelasian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus sp.
van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae | ||||||||||
Theropithecus brumpti
Arambourg 1947
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Leakey 1982
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 5.0° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 5.4° North, 36.0° East |
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: | 2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks,grading sandstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: compact, ETE lithology comments: medium, fines up to silty clay, mottles, stratified, Etheria reef in C-6-2, black and red concretions | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: channel to levee to floodplain deposit |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 6 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM, UCBE |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 423, Omo - O.132, | ||
Database number: | 21605 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
Created: | 1997-07-31 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-07-31 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4769. | ETE 478 | J. 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] |