Also known as ETE Locality 471, Omo - L.46, P.106,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 36.1° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: C Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max=Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma), Min = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: dry floodplain; sandstone
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 432, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM
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 21653: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
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Antilope cf. subtorta antelope
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck |