Omo - L.626 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 472, Omo - L.626, P.118,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 35.8° E)

• outcrop-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

•Bobe et al. 2002: member G of the Shungura Fm. dates between ~2.33–1.9Ma. Lower G member is 2.33–2.1Ma and upper G member is 2.1–1.9Ma

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: swamp ETE event: ., ETE env comment: very low energy conditions, backswamp?
• ETE rock type adj: stratified, ETE lithology comments: overlain by limonite-stained clays, sand and pebbly clay horizons

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 432, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, UCBE

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21654: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Osteichthyes
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Crocodylia
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotheriidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 deinothere
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Deinotheriidae
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Equidae
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Giraffidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecinae
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae