Omo - O.229 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 495, Omo - O.229, P.732, P.733,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 36.0° E)

When: B Member (Shungura Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff B (3.36+-.04ma), Min = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: fresh volcanic pebbles, iron staining, med sand

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

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 418, 417, 416, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM

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 21677: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Thallomys sp.
Thallomys sp. Thomas 1920 mouse
 Primates - Galagidae
Galago howelli