Omo - L.1: Piacenzian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
15 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
12 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
2 specimens
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus protoamphibius
2 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus jacksoni
2 specimens
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
20 specimens
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925
5 specimens
cf. Notochoerus capensis Broom 1925
4 specimens
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
1 specimen
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Mammalia - Bovidae
Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Omo Valley
cf. Damalops sp. Pilgrim 1939
1 specimen
Kobus oricornis
3 specimens
Kobus kob (Erxleben 1777)
4 specimens
Kobus ancystrocera (Arambourg 1947)
4 specimens
original and current combination Redunca ancystrocera
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985
4 specimens
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
2 specimens
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947
1 specimen
Cercopithecus sp. (Linnaeus 1758)
4 specimens
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982
1 specimen
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982
ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982
9 specimens
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
1 specimen
original and current combination Adenota recki
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.5° North, 36.0° East
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary
*International age/stage:Piacenzian (minimum)
Key time interval:Piacenzian
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Shungura Member:B
Local bed:B-10-1
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff B (3.36+-.04ma), Min = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med. sandstone, unconformable lower contact, grayish tuff, silt, nodular concretions
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: ab_chan_fill ETE event: ., ETE env comment: subaerial?
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:112 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 443, 418, 418, 417, 416, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 426, Omo - L.1,
Database number:21608
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1997-07-03 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1997-07-03 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]