Middle Awash - Wilti Dora: Zanclean - Pleistocene, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis | ||||||||||
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: recki | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Parmularius cf. pandatus
Gentry 1987
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Beatragus antiquus
Leakey 1965
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 10.6° North, 40.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.7° North, 40.5° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Neogene - Quaternary | Epoch: | Pliocene - Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Pleistocene (minimum) |
| *International age/stage: | Zanclian | ||
| Key time interval: | Zanclean - Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 0.0117 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Awash | Formation: | Matabaietu | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age=3.85+/-.08 (Cindery or Lapilli Tuff);Min age=Pleist; fauna sugg L. Pliocene age radiometric intage_max, | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "lo unit: var, discont cyclic clay,sand,tuff, gravel;up unit: clays, tuff,ss,conglom" | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: alluviation & downcutting | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 11 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list: ENM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 988, Middle Awash - Wilti Dora, | ||
| Database number: | 22167 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1999-04-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-04-19 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5365. | ETE 1094 | E. S. Vrba. 1997. New fossils of Alcelaphini and Caprinae (Bovidae: Mammalia) from Awash, Ethiopia, and phylogenetic analysis of Alcelaphini. Palaeontologia Africana 34:127-198 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |