Middle Awash - Matabaietu fm.: Zanclean - Pleistocene, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
ETE occurrence; species: Rodentia
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941
2 specimens
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
ETE occurrence; species: shungurensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828
Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924
Mammalia - Bovidae
ETE occurrence; species: Bovidae
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
ETE occurrence; species: Reduncini
Kobus cf. kob (Erxleben 1777)
cf. Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
Awashia suwai n. gen., n. sp. Vrba 1997
Vrba 1997 3 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: sp. nov.
1 individual
1 individual
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: cf. Connochaetes gentryi
6 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: sp. nov.
2 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: sp. nov.
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816
3 individuals
Tragelaphus cf. nakuae Arambourg 1941
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. afarense Eisenmann 1976
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium cf. simum (Burchell 1821)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
ETE occurrence; species: Hystricidae
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
ETE occurrence; species: Colobinae
Theropithecus oswaldi (Andrews 1916)
ETE occurrence; species: oswaldi
ETE occurrence; species: Dinopithecus cf. ingens, mak - original genus name "Papio", genus species from unique name
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/Lapilli Tuff);min age bas on faucorrel w/mbrs D-F Shungura fm radiometric intage_max,
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "lo unit:var,discont cyclic clay,sand,tuff,some grav;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:45 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1020, Middle Awash - Matabaietu fm.,
Database number:22197
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1999-04-20 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-04-20 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
5366.ETE 1095E. S. Vrba and J. Gatesy. 1994. New antelope fossils from Awash, Ethiopia, and phylogenetic analysis of Hippotragini (Bovidae, Mammalia). Palaeontologia Africana 31:55-72 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

5365ETE 1094E. 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]