Bouri-Hata: Pliocene, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
cf. Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
originally entered as "Elephas redki"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
aff. Homotherium problematicus
originally entered as "aff. Homotherium problematicum"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
aff. Aonyx capensis (Schinz 1821)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
originally entered as "Kolpochoreus limnetes"
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Sivatherium sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Bovidae
Beatragus whitei Vrba 1997
Megalotragus kattwinkeli (Scwarz 1932)
original and current combination Alcelaphus kattwinkeli
Connochaetes gentryi Harris 1991
cf. Rabaticeras arambourgi Ennouchi 1953
cf. Numidocapra crassicornis Arambourg 1949
originally entered as "cf. Numidorcapra crassicornis"
Parmularius rugosus Leakey 1965
Damaliscus ademassui Vrba 1997
Kobus kob (Erxleben 1777)
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965
cf. Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847
originally entered as "Antidorcus sp."
Gazella janenschi
originally entered as "Gazella jenenschi"
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928
Syncerus sp. Hodgson 1847
Tragelaphus pricei
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777
Theropithecus sp. Geoffroy 1843
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus garhi Asfaw et al. 1999
6 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia State/province:Afar
Coordinates: 10.3° North, 40.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.1° North, 40.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Bouri-Hatayae
Database number:70907
Authorizer:D. Reed Enterer:D. Reed
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-04-11 09:39:35 Last modified:2007-04-11 12:39:35
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-11 09:39:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23775. J. de Heinzelin, J. Clark, T. White, W. Hart, P. Renne, G. WoldeGabriel, Y. Beyene and E. Vrba. 1999. Environment and Behavior of 2.5-Million-Year-Old Bouri Hominids. Science 284:625-629 [D. Reed/D. Reed/O. Alfaro]