PBDB Collection

Omo - L.1 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 426, Omo - L.1,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 36.0° E)

When: B Member (Shungura Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff B (3.36+-.04ma), Min = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: ab_chan_fill ETE event: ., ETE env comment: subaerial?

• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med. sandstone, unconformable lower contact, grayish tuff, silt, nodular concretions

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 443, 418, 418, 417, 416, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE

Primary reference: J. de Heinzelin. 1983. The Omo Group: Archives of the International Omo Research Expedition. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Annales Series 8, Tervuren, Belgique 85 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details

PaleoDB collection 21608: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 03.07.1997, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecidae indet., Theropithecus brumpti, Cercopithecus sp., Rhinocolobus turkanaensis, Rhinocolobus turkanaensis, Paracolobus mutiwa Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Tragelaphus nakuae, Tragelaphus gaudryi, Syncerus cf. acoelotus, cf. Damalops sp., Aepyceros shungurae, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera, Kobus oricornis, Kobus kob Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo cf. Damalops sp. Pilgrim 1939 antelope Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985 impala ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Omo Valley "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera Arambourg 1947 reedbuck Kobus oricornis antelope Kobus kob Erxleben 1777 kob
Artiodactyla - Suidae	"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Metridiochoerus jacksoni, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Kolpochoerus afarensis, Notochoerus sp., cf. Notochoerus capensis "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig cf. Notochoerus capensis Broom 1925 pig
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus protoamphibius Hippopotamus protoamphibius hippo
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Camelus sp. Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium simum, Diceros bicornis Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion sp. Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti
Adenota
-	"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki "Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932