Omo - O.53 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 478, Omo - O.53,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 35.9° 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: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: some soil development under Tuff D
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up to silt and clay, lens of tuff, cyclic units, Etheria reefs

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 412, 411, 123, 121, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, 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 21660: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis