Omo - O.141 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

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

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: shallow, followed by prodeltaic conditions
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: stratified, bioturbated, sand, clayey silt, concretions, clay

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Helogale hirtula Thomas 1904 Ethiopian dwarf mongoose
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Neotragini
 Rodentia - Muridae
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Heterocephalus atikoi naked mole-rat
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae
Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet., "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
 Primates - Galagidae
Galago senegalensis Geoffroy 1796 Senegal bushbaby