Omo - L.185 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 407, Omo - L.185,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 35.9° E)

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff E, Min = Tuff F radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: ab_chan_fill ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: obliquely stratified sand to stratified sand and silt to silty clay, trampling, silt lenses, tube-like concretions

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 433, ; 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 21589: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus limnetes, Notochoerus sp., "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig