Middle Awash - Andalee mbr.: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Rodentia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Carnivora
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE occurrence; species: recki
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Murinae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Bovini small
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
ETE occurrence; species: large
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus (Pallas 1766)
cf. Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928
Redunca sp. Smith 1827
Aepyceros cf. melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
Mammalia - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Pallas 1766)
cf. Kolpochoerus majus (Hopwood 1934)
ETE occurrence; species: B cf. K. majus, mak - species name from unique name
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Lutrinae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
cf. Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Dendromuridae indet. (Alston 1875)
original and current combination Dendromurinae
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Dendromurinae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
ETE occurrence; species: Gerbillinae
Mammalia - Dermoptera - Galeopithecidae
Galeopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus cf. oswaldi (Andrews 1916)
ETE occurrence; species: cf. leakeyi
Cercopithecus cf. aethiops (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Chlorocebus aethiops
Colobus cf. guereza Rüppell 1835
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 10.9° North, 40.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.9° North, 40.5° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*International age/stage:Holocene (minimum)
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Awash Formation:Wehaietu Member:Andalee
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: "Max age based on fauna,comp to Olduvai above Lemuta mbr;Min age = 8955y BP (C14 date from gewani)" radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "sand, silt, clay. gravel, and lense of pebble conglomerate"
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: predominantly lacustr
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:27 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 510, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 977, Middle Awash - Andalee mbr.,
Database number:22156
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:G. Varnham
Created:1999-04-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-05-10 08:13:19
Access level:the public Released:1999-04-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4442.ETE 74J. E. Kalb, C. J. Jolly, A. Mebrate, S. Tebedge, C. Smart, E.B. Oswald, D. Cramer, P. Whitehead, C.B. Wood, G.C. Conroy, T. Adefris, L. Sperling, and B. Kana. 1982. Fossil Mammals and Artifacts from the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Nature 298:25-29 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]