Also known as ETE Locality 1332, KGA 10, Konso-Gardula 10, Konso - KGA10,
Where: Ethiopian Rift, Ethiopia (5.3° N, 37.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 37.4° E)
When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Marker beds,tephrastrat.&Ar/Ar on tuffs" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; sandy claystone
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: G. Suwa, B. Aswfaw, Y. Beyene, T. White, S. Katoh, S. Nagaoka, H. Nakaya, K. Uzawa, P. Renne and G. WoldeGabriel. 1997. The first skull of Australopithecus boisei. Nature 389(6650):489-492 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22499: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.04.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
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Dinofelis aff. piveteaui Ewer 1955 cat | |
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Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe | |
Bovini indet., Tragelaphus cf. scriptus, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Alcelaphini indet., Connochaetes sp., Parmularius augusticornis, Hippotragus sp., "Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro, Reduncini indet., Kobus sp., Gazella sp.
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Parmularius augusticornis antelope
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
"Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro Hopwood 1936 antelope
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle | |
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig originally entered as "Metridochoerus compactus"
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Equus cf. oldowayensis horse | |
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon | |
Homo erectus, "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
Homo erectus Dubois 1892 human
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Paranthropus
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