Hadar - AL.277 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 589, Hadar - AL.277,

Where: Ethiopia (11.1° N, 40.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 40.4° E)

When: Sidi Hakoma Member (Hadar Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = SHT (correlated to Tulu Bor at East Turkana, 3.36+-.04ma), Min = TT4 (3.221 +-.01ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: clayey, ETE lithology comments: diffuse small carbonate concretions (poupees) (member description)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: D. C. Johanson, M. Splingaer, and N. T. Boaz. 1976. Paleontological excavations in the Shungura Formation, Lower Omo Basin, 1969-1973. In Y. Coppens, F. C. Howell, G. L. Isaac, R. L. Leakey (eds.), Earliest Man and Environments in the East Rudolf Basin [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 21771: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 02.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus afarensis
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
 Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus afarensis Johanson et al. 1978 australopithecine