Omo - O.35: Gelasian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus sp.
van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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| 7 specimens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus sp.
Dart 1925
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust) | ||||||||||
| 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: tuffite, clayey silt at top (member description) | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: dry_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: bones on preserved land surface | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 11 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 438, Omo - O.35, | ||
| Database number: | 21620 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
| Created: | 1997-07-31 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-07-31 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4769. | ETE 478 | J. 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] |