Omo - O.215 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 503, Omo - O.215,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 36.4° E)

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: lacustrine - small; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: nearshore
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: pale, fine, clayey, drifted wood, Mn concretions (member description)

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 416, 415, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM

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 21685: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp., Equus sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse