Omo - L.143 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 424, Omo - L.143,

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: sandstone

• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up to silt and silty clay, ss slabs, stratified tuffite (member description)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; 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 21606: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 03.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp.
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig