Omo - O.41 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 456, Omo - O.41,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° 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-10-1(2.95+-.03ma), Min = Tuff C = (2.85+-.08ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: cut and fill processes
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: clayey silt, clay, silt, combination of three layers (subunits) with mixed lithology, tuffitic (member description)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

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 21638: 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
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Kobus oricornis
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Metridiochoerus jacksoni
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W