Omo - O.229: Piacenzian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Thallomys sp.
Thomas 1920
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Galagidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 5.0° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.2° North, 36.0° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| *International age/stage: | Piacenzian (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: fresh volcanic pebbles, iron staining, med sand | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0 |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 2 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 418, 417, 416, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 495, Omo - O.229, P.732, P.733, | ||
| Database number: | 21677 | ||
| 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:
| 4768. | ETE 477 | H. B. Wesselman. 1984. The Omo Micromammals: Systematics and Paleoecology of Early Man Sites from Ethiopia. Contributions to Vertebrate Evolution 17 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |