Hadar Formation

Geology

Group: Awash

Members: unnamed (1), Basal (1), Denen Dora (8), Denen Dora/Kada Hadar (1), Kada Hadar (4), Sidi Hakoma (19), Sidi Hakoma/Denen Dora (3)

Lithologies: not reported (2), claystone (16), mudstone (1), siltstone (7), sandstone (5)

Paleoenvironments: terrestrial indet. (1), wet floodplain (10), dry floodplain (1), "floodplain" (1), fluvial-lacustrine indet. (4), fluvial-deltaic indet. (3), lacustrine - small (2), lacustrine indet. (12)

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Piacenzian or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia (107488)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia (22664)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) (230145)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia (21756 21757 21758 21759 21760 21761 21762 21763 21764 21765 21766 21767 21768 21769 21770 21771 21772 21773 21774 21775 21776 21777 21778 21779 21780 21781 21782 21783 21784 21785 21786 22347)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) (69088 70721)