Also known as ETE Locality 364, L.729, L.745, Omo - L.1N, P.68,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 36.0° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: B Member (Shungura Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Tuff B10-3 (2.95+-.03ma) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: lacustrine
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 88, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Primary reference: H. B. Wesselman. 1984. The Omo Micromammals: Systematics and Paleoecology of Early Man Sites from Ethiopia. Contributions to Vertebrate Evolution 17 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21546: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gnathostomata | |
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Osteichthyes | |
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish | |
Mammalia | |
Galagoides demidovii galago
Galago howelli galago | |
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust)
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Muridae indet., Thallomys jaegeri, Arvicanthis sp., Lemniscomys cf. striatus, Tatera sp., Mus cf. minutoides, Mastomys minor
Thallomys jaegeri mouse
Arvicanthis sp. Lesson 1842 grass rat
Lemniscomys cf. striatus striped grass mouse
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
Mus cf. minutoides house mouse
Mastomys minor mouse | |
Xerus erythropus African ground squirrel
Paraxerus ochraceus African Bush Squirrel | |
Thryonomys gregorianus Thomas 1894 Lesser cane rat | |
Xenohystrix crassidens porcupine | |
Helogale kitafe dwarf mongoose | |
Suncus haesaertsi, Suncus cf. lixus, Suncus shungurensis, Myosorex robinsoni, Crocidura cf. dolichura, Crocidura aithiops
Suncus haesaertsi white-toothed shrew
Suncus cf. lixus white-toothed shrew
Suncus shungurensis white-toothed shrew
Myosorex robinsoni white-toothed shrew
Crocidura cf. dolichura white-toothed shrew
Crocidura aithiops white-toothed shrew | |
Hipposideros cf. cyclops roundleaf bat
Hipposideros cf. camerunensis roundleaf bat | |
Eidolon cf. helvum fruit bat | |
Taphozous abitus sac-winged bat | |
Reptilia | |
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Amphibia | |
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Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Actinopteri | |
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Clarias lazera catfish | |
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816 | |
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cyprinidae
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish | |
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829 aba knifefish |