East Turkana - Omo - L.32: Gelasian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus brumpti
Arambourg 1947
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Menelikia sp.
Arambourg 1941
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Redunca sp.
Smith 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Kobus ancystrocera
(Arambourg 1947)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Redunca ancystrocera | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
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Kolpochoerus sp.
van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
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Metridiochoerus jacksoni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus protoamphibius
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Hippopotamus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: A-Omo | ||||||||||
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Hippopotamus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: B-Omo | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.7° 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: | 2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: silt, silty clay | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: channel and point bar (member descriptition) | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 41 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 418, 417, 415, 414, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, 81, ; 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 446, Omo - L.32, P.34, | ||
| Database number: | 21628 | ||
| 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:
| 4730. | ETE 409 | J. M. Harris. 1991. Koobi Fora Research Project, Vol III, The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls and Paleoenvironments. Oxford University Press, New York [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |