Omo - Member E2: Gelasian, 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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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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| 3 specimens | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.5° North, 36.0° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Gelasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene |
| *International age/stage: | Gelasian (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Gelasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 1.8 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | grading sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: stratified sand | |||
| Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0 | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 4 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 491, 483, 482, 481, 478, 456, 121, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 785, Omo - Member E2, | ||
| Database number: | 21965 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
| Created: | 1997-10-17 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-10-17 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4774. | ETE 483 | H. B. S. Cooke. 1994. Personal communication regarding the Omo Suidae. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |