Omo - O.78 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 453, Omo - O.78,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: G Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff G, Min = Tuff H radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: mudflats, deltaic sequence
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up to silt, clayey silt, laminated clay, gypsum crystals (member description)

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 441, 415, 414, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Primary reference: M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21635: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816 oryx
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Adenota
  -
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932