Omo - L.79 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 356, Omo - L.79,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 36.0° E)

When: F Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max and Min ages based on Tuff F radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: assoc. channel deposits of sand and tuffaceous sed
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 913 facies in tuff, blue gray to light tan in color, pumice gravel deposited on land surfaces

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 123, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM

Primary reference: H. B. Wesselman. 1984. The Omo Micromammals: Systematics and Paleoecology of Early Man Sites from Ethiopia. Contributions to Vertebrate Evolution 17 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21541: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus