Omo - L.101 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 411, Omo - L.101,

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: sand at base - fines up to silt and silty clay, cyclical sedimentation

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 440, ; 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 21593: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 03.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis