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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
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Aves | |
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Mammalia | |
Arvicanthis sp. Lesson 1842 grass rat
Saidomys sp. James and Slaughter 1974 mouse |