Omo - P.939 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 568, Omo - P.939,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 36.5° E)

When: G Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff G, Min = Tuff H radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: fine, ETE lithology comments: G20-2 dark clay with a few gypsum crystals

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 414, ; 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 21750: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Osteichthyes
Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Arvicanthis sp. Lesson 1842 grass rat
Saidomys sp. James and Slaughter 1974 mouse