Omo - L.597 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 434, Omo - L.597,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.9° N, 35.8° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Olduvai min: zone zone, G Member (Shungura Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max=Tuff G(1.98+-.10ma),Min=bottom of Olduvai(paleomag) at G26/27 boundary (date is from time-unit table and fraction)

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: trans. fluv-lacust.,cyclic sed ends with this unit
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: transistional to lacustrine, silt at top of unit, limonite, reduced clayey silt, black-coated slickensides

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 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 21616: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.06.1995, edited by John Damuth

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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: atavus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus jacksoni, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog