Omo - L.398: Gelasian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
64 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Osteichthyes
Reptilia
42 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reptilia
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
78 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Crocodylia
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
5 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
203 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippopotamidae
Mammalia - Suidae
101 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925
2 specimens
1 specimen
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
6 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
6 specimens
Mammalia - Giraffidae
27 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Giraffidae
Mammalia - Bovidae
264 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
ETE occurrence; species: Equidae
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
5 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Leporidae
2 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
ETE occurrence; species: Cercopithecidae
ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
5 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
6 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: .; Double entry removed abundance 5
2 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
ETE occurrence; species: Elephantidae
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotheriidae indet. Bonaparte 1845
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Deinotheriidae
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:local area
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:F
Local section:Tuff F Local bed:Tuff F
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max and Min Ages = Tuff F radiometric intage_min

Bobe et al. 2002: member F of the Shungura Fm. dates between ~2.36–2.33Ma
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: tuffaceous, ETE lithology comments: sands and interbedded tuffaceous sediments, clay balls
Environment:terrestrial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: high water density+energy, turbid
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:2717 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 418, 417, 415, 414, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, 81, ; ETE museum list: ENM, UCBE
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 444, Omo - L.398,
Database number:21626
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
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:
5263.ETE 975G. Suwa, T. D. White, and F. Clark Howell. 1996. Mandibular postcanine dentition from the Shungura Formation, Ethiopia: Crown morphology, taxonomic allocations and Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 101:247-282 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

79691 R. Bobe, A. K. Behrensmeyer, and R. E. Chapman. 2002. Faunal change, environmental variability and late Pliocene hominin evolution. Journal of Human Evolution 42:475-497 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham]