Omo - L.345: Gelasian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
23 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Osteichthyes
Reptilia
38 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Crocodylia
49 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reptilia
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
14 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippopotamidae
Mammalia - Suidae
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Mammalia - Bovidae
17 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
64 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecinae
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947
5 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Elephantidae
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:C
Local bed:C-9
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma), Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: heterogenous, ETE lithology comments: interbedded sand and silts
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: swamp ETE event: ., ETE env comment: back swamp,shallow pond, periods of flowing water
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:214 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 445, 418, 417, 415, 409, 123, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 480, Omo - L.345, P.915,
Database number:21662
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]