Omo - L.382 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 441, Omo - L.382,

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 B-10-1 (2.95+-.03ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: meandering river?
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: clay, sand, nodular concretions, hematite (member description)

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 418, 417, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM

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 21623: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelus sp.
Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Xenohystrix crassidens