Omo - L.26: Gelasian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
9 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
3 specimens
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
1 specimen
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
1 specimen
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
5 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
2 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
1 specimen
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.5° North, 36.0° East (Wright 2013)
Geographic resolution:basin
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: 2.58 - 1.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Shungura Member:E
Local bed:E-2
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff E, Min = Tuff F radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: cyclic units (member description and thickness)
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:29 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 371, Omo - L.26, P.86,
Database number:21553
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1997-07-28 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1997-07-28 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]