Maka & Belohdelie: Zanclean, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp. nov."
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp. nov."
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium cf. bozasi Arambourg 1934
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
ETE occurrence; species: brumpti
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus sp. Geoffroy 1843
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
7 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Mammalia - Dermoptera - Galeopithecidae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Euryboas sp. Schaub 1941
McKenna and Bell 1997
Mammalia - Bovidae
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
Tragelaphus aff. nakuae Arambourg 1941
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Reptilia
ETE occurrence; species: Testudines
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 10.5° North, 40.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.3° North, 40.4° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Quaternary - Quaternary *Epoch:Pleistocene (minimum)
*International age/stage:Zanclian
Key time interval: Zanclean
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Awash Formation:Sagantole Member:Kalaloo
Local section:Beearyada Local bed:Beearyada
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: "Max age = 3.89+/-.02 (At-1 or VT-1,Ar/Ar&Ca/K dating);Min age based on correl of fauna w/radiomet dated sites" radiometric intage_max,
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: gravel
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "gravelly sand, sand, clay, silt, diatomites, and diatomaceous clays"
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: diatoms suggest lacustr conditions
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:38 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 995, Maka & Belohdelie,
Database number:22174
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, A. Turner Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, H. O'Regan
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
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:
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:

7584 M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]