Omo - O.75s (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 489, O.93, Omo - O.75s,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° N, 36.4° E)

• basin-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

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up to silt, sandy silt and clayey silt, tuffite, ss slabs, gravelly sand (member description)

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 432, ; 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 21671: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Notochoerus sp., "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelus grattardi n. sp. Geraads 2014 camel
Omo 75S-70–956
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human