Omo - O.18: Gelasian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
3 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
6 specimens
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: B-Omo
Mammalia - Suidae
3 specimens
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
20 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Phacochoerus sp. Cuvier 1826
1 specimen
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
5 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Menelikia sp. Arambourg 1941
3 specimens
Neotragini indet. Sclater and Thomas 1894
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Neotragini
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
1 specimen
6 specimens
6 specimens
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Ovibovini
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
10 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
4 specimens
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
31 specimens
2 specimens
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecus sp. (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947
7 specimens
Theropithecus oswaldi (Andrews 1916)
1 specimen
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982
3 specimens
ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa
2 specimens
Colobinae indet. (Blyth 1875)
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (A. aethiopicus)
11 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
11 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
unclassified
1 specimen
Oenomys sp. Thomas 1904
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.5° North, 36.0° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Gelasian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper 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:C
Local bed:C-8
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma), Min = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: pellets, ETE lithology comments: local conglomerate of silt pellets
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying
Collection size:164 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 450, Omo - O.18,
Database number:21632
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
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 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]