Hadar - DD General: Piacenzian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta adaurora
Maglio 1970
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Loxodonta exoptata
Dietrich 1941
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
| ETE occurrence; species: brumpti | ||||||||||
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Elephas ekorensis
Maglio 1970
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium bozasi
Arambourg 1934
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Leakey 1982
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Theropithecus cf. darti
Broom and Jepsen 1946
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus afarensis
Johanson et al. 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Xenohystrix cf. crassidens
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Enhydriodon sp.
Falconer 1868
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| ETE occurrence; species: A-Hadar | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Pachycrocuta cf. perrieri
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Crocuta sp.
Erxleben 1777
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Megantereon sp.
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Dinofelis sp.
Zdansky 1924
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Homotherium sp.
Fabrini 1890
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Felis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Percrocutidae
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Percrocuta sp.
Kretzoi 1938
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa stillei
Arambourg 1947
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Giraffa jumae
Leakey 1967
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Damalops sp.
Pilgrim 1939
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Raphicerus sp.
Smith 1827
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Kobus sp.
Smith 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: A-Hadar | ||||||||||
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Aepyceros sp.
Sundevall 1847
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Praedamalis deturi
Dietrich 1950
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pelorovis sp.
Reck 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Ugandax sp.
Cooke and Coryndon 1970
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Hadar | ||||||||||
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cf. Bos makapania
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Tragelaphus cf. nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Nyanzachoerus pattersoni
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
Leakey 1958
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Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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18 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
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Kolpochoerus afarensis
Cooke 1978
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27 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
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Hexaprotodon coryndoni
Geze 1985
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Hadar | ||||||||||
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= Hexaprotodon coryndoni n. sp.
Geze 1985
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Geze 1985 | |||||||||
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Trilobophorus afarensis
Geze 1985
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| recombined as Hippopotamus afarensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sivatheridae
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Sivatherium maurusium
(Pomel 1893)
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| original and current combination Libytherium maurusium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion afarense
Eisenmann 1976
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| recombined as Eurygnathohippus afarense | ||||||||||
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceros bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 11.1° North, 40.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.0° North, 40.4° 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 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Awash | Formation: | Hadar | Member: | Denen Dora |
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = TT4 (3.221+-.01ma), Min = KHt (3.175+-.01ma), single crystal laser dates radiometric intage_min | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: clays and silts, sandstone unit at top of member (member description) | |||
| Environment: | wet floodplain | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: floodplain and swamp deposits | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 97 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 123, ; ETE museum list: ENM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 603, Hadar - DD General, | ||
| Database number: | 21785 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
| Created: | 1995-10-02 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-02 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4782. | ETE 491 | D. C. Johanson, M. Splingaer, and N. T. Boaz. 1976. Paleontological excavations in the Shungura Formation, Lower Omo Basin, 1969-1973. In Y. Coppens, F. C. Howell, G. L. Isaac, R. L. Leakey (eds.), Earliest Man and Environments in the East Rudolf Basin [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 33267 | R. Geze. 1985. Repartition paleoecologique et relations phylogenetiques des Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) du Neogene d'Afrique orientale. Environment des hominides au Plio-Pleistocene 81-100 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |