Also known as ETE Locality 499, Omo - O.141,
Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 35.9° 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: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 445, 443, 415, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Primary reference: M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21681: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997, edited by Richard Potts and John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Helogale hirtula Thomas 1904 Ethiopian dwarf mongoose | |
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Aethomys deheinzelini rock rat
Mastomys minor mouse
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
Thallomys quadrilobatus mouse | |
Jaculus orientalis jerboa | |
Heterocephalus atikoi naked mole-rat | |
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey | |
Hominidae indet., "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine | |
Galago senegalensis Geoffroy 1796 Senegal bushbaby |