Also known as ETE Locality 421, Omo - L.837, P.192,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 36.0° E)
When: C Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma), Min = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial; graded, silty claystone
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM, 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 21603: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo | |
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig |