Omo - L.494 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 395, Omo - L.494,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 36.1° 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: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: channel in meandering river
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med-coarse, X-bedded, tuff, interlayered silt & sand, clayey silt, silt (member description)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 427, ; ETE museum list: 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 21577: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus gaudryi
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope