Also known as ETE Locality 573, USNO - Brown Sands,
Where: Ethiopia (5.3° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 35.7° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: max: zone min: zone zone, U-12 Member (USNO Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max = U - 11/12 boundary (paleomag), Min = U-14 (paleomag)
Environment/lithology: sandstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, IPP, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE
Primary reference: F. C. Howell, L. S. Fichter, and G. Eck. 1969. Vertebrate assemblages from the Usno Formation, White Sands and Brown Sands localities, lower Omo basin, Ethiopia. Quaternaria 11:65-88 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
PaleoDB collection 21755: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 30.08.1995, edited by John Damuth, Erin Leckey and Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Hystrix indet. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
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Suidae indet., "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti2, Nyanzachoerus sp.2, cf. Nyanzachoerus sp.2, Nyanzachoerus kanamensis2, cf. Nyanzachoerus kanamensis2, Metridiochoerus jacksoni2, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus2, Kolpochoerus afarensis2
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig | |
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Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe | |
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"Deinotherium indet." = Dinotherium
"Deinotherium indet." = Dinotherium Kaup 1825 deinothere | |
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