Omo - L.159 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 422, Omo - L.159,

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: channel to levee to floodplain to swamp
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up to silt and silty clay, patches of Etheria laterally

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM, 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 21604: 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: shungurensis
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus jacksoni
Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W