Amba East: Early Pliocene, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon dulu n. sp.
Boisserie 2004
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 10.4° North, 40.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.2° North, 40.3° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "volcaniclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 97500 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-08-03 12:21:46 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-08-03 12:21:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33259. | J.-R. Boisserie. 2004. A new species of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Sgantole Formation, Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 175(5):525-533 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |