Where: Afar, Ethiopia (11.6° N, 40.8° E: paleocoordinates 11.4° N, 40.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Piacenzian to Piacenzian (3.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• Besides the Hinti Mageta Tuff at the base of the Seraitu lake beds, two tuffs within the lake sediments provide precise ages: MLP14/SR-6 at 2.576 ± 0.008 Ma and MLP14/GOY-2 at 2.485 ± 0.018Ma. In addition to the chronological information from these markers, two sections within the Seraitu lake beds zone record a magnetostratigraphic reversal which we interpret to be the Gauss/Matuyama, dated to 2.59 Ma (Fig. 1; section JGW14-10 and in section JGW14-6; see Supplementary Figs. 6–8, Supple- mentary Table 5).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; unlithified claystone and mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Research at Mille-Logya started in 2012 and our team conducted systematic geological and paleontological surveys in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019.
Primary reference: Z. Alemseged, J. G. Wynn, D. Geraads, D. Reed, W. A. Barr, R. Bobe, S. P. McPherron, A. Deino, M. Alene, M. J. Sier, D. Roman and J. Mohan. 2020. Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo origins. Nature Communications 11(2480) [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 224657: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 25.03.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark | |
Hipparionini sp. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse | |
Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868 white rhino
Diceros sp. Gray 1821 black rhino | |
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
aff. Hippopotamus protamphibius Arambourg 1944 hippo | |
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Gazella harmonae, Tragelaphus nakuae, ? Tragelaphus aff. lockwoodi, Bovini indet., Pelorovis cf. kaisensis, Kobus cf. oricornus, Kobus sigmoidalis, Aepyceros sp., Alcelaphini indet., Damalborea sp.
Gazella harmonae gazelle
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
? Tragelaphus aff. lockwoodi Reed and Bibi 2010 antelope
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Pelorovis cf. kaisensis Geraads and Thomasson 1994 antelope
Kobus cf. oricornus Gentry 1985 antelope
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
Damalborea sp. Gentry 2010 antelope | |
Camelus grattardi Geraads 2014 camel | |
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig | |
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
cf. Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat | |
? Crocuta eturono spotted hyaena | |
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
Theropithecus sp. Geoffroy 1843 gelada | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Euthecodon sp. Fortau 1920 crocodile | |
Actinopteri | |
Siluriformes indet. catfish |