Omo - Lower Member G (1-13): 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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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion libycum
Pomel 1897
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum | ||||||||||
| 3 specimens | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus sp.
van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Neotragini | ||||||||||
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Syncerus cf. acoelotus
Gentry 1985
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Menelikia lyrocera
Arambourg 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Leakey 1982
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Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Leakey 1982
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| ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Hominidae indet.
Gray 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae | ||||||||||
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Australopithecus boisei
Leakey 1959
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 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
| Geological group: | Omo | Formation: | Shungura | Member: | Lower G (1 -13) |
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 2.33 (Tuff G), Min age = (Tuff H) radiometric intage_min | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: tuffs, tuffits, silts, sands, and clays | |||
| Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 1 | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 26 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 482, 481, 480, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 784, Omo - Lower Member G (1-13), | ||
| Database number: | 21964 | ||
| 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:
| 4447. | ETE 81 | M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |