Omo - L.51 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 492, Omo - L.51, P.262, P.263,

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

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: wet floodplain; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: claystone, med sand, ss slabs, silty clay (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, 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

PaleoDB collection 21674: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Syncerus cf. acoelotus
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp.
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus sp.
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust)
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey