Omo - O.82 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 454, Omo - O.82,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° 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 a),Min = Tuff B10 (2.95+-.03ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: mixed with silt, fines upward to a degree, Etheria reefs, sandy tuffite (member description)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 418, 418, 417, 409, 123, 104, 81, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

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 21636: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997

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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: brumpti
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus gaudryi
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope