Omo - L.16 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 385, Omo - L.16,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med-coarse, ss concretions and slabs, tuffitic, scattered gravel, (member description and thickness)

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 426, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE

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 21567: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum, Hipparion sitifense
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
Hipparion sitifense Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus protoamphibius, Hippopotamus cf. amphibius
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus jacksoni, Kolpochoerus sp.
Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Menelikia lyrocera, Tragelaphus gaudryi, Syncerus cf. acoelotus, Pelorovis sp.
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope