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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig | |
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
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