Konso - Interval 5 (Pleistocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 1327, Contains KGA17, KGA7/8M, KGA7/8U, KGA-5M, KGA-12M, KGA 5, Konso-Gardula 5, Konso - 5,

Where: Ethiopian Rift, Ethiopia (5.3° N, 37.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 37.3° E)

When: Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Tephra samples:19-91&Tuff T-1 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 921, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: G. Suwa, B. Aswfaw, Y. Beyene, T. White, S. Katoh, S. Nagaoka, H. Nakaya, K. Uzawa, P. Renne and G. WoldeGabriel. 1997. The first skull of Australopithecus boisei. Nature 389(6650):489-492 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22494: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.04.2000, edited by John Damuth and Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.1 Laurenti 1768 crocodile
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines1
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines1 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Squamata - Boidae
Python indet.1 Daudin 1803 boa
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas ileretensis1 elephant
ETE occurrence; species: ileretensis
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki2 Dietrich 1915 elephant
"Elephas recki lerentensis/ recki"
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet.1 Gray 1821 hyaena
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Genetta sp.2 Cuvier 1816 civet
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera sp.2 Oken 1816 cat
Felis sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 cat
Dinofelis aff. piveteaui1 Ewer 1955 cat
"Dinofelis sp. aff. piveteaui"
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus "n. sp."2 Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hipparion sp.2 de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Ancylotherium hennigi2 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum1 Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet.2 Gray 1821 hippopotamus
originally entered as "Hippopotamus/Hexaprotodon sp."
Hippopotamus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 hippo
"Hippoptamus/Hexaprotodon sp."
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus compactus2 Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
Metridiochoerus modestus2 van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Metridiochoerus hopwoodi2 Leakey 1958 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes2 Hopwood 1926 pig
"Kolpocherus limnetes/olduvaiensis"
Kolpochoerus majus1 Hopwood 1934 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Sivatherium sp.2 Falconer and Cautley 1836 giraffe
Giraffa sp.1 Brisson 1762 giraffe
Giraffa jumae2 Leakey 1967 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Aepyceros indet.1 Sundevall 1847 impala
Alcelaphini indet.1 Brookes 1876 antelope
Connochaetes sp.1 Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Connochaetes gentryi2 Harris 1991 wildebeest
Parmularius angusticornis1 Schwarz 1937 antelope
Damaliscus "sp. B"2 Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Reduncini indet.1 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Kobus sp.2 Smith 1840 antelope
Kobus sigmoidalis2 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Redunca sp.2 Smith 1827 reedbuck
Hippotragus sp.1 Sundevall 1845 antelope
"Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro2 Hopwood 1936 antelope
Antilopini indet.1 Gray 1821 antelope
Gazella sp.2 Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Bovini indet.1 Gray 1821 antelope
Syncerus acoelotus2 Gentry 1985 African buffalo
originally entered as "Syncerus aceolotus"
Tragelaphus aff. anagasi2 antelope
"Tragelaphus anagasi/spekei"
Tragelaphus strepsiceros1 Pallas 1766 greater kudu
originally entered as "Tragelaphus strepsicerus"
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus1 Pallas 1766 bushbuck
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Colobinae indet.2 Blyth 1875 monkey
Papio sp.1 Erxleben 1777 baboon
"small"
Theropithecus oswaldi2 Andrews 1916 gelada
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo erectus2 Dubois 1892 human
Pisces
  -
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes1
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes1 Huxley 1880 bony fish