Omo - F.255 (Pliocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 557, Omo - F.255,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° N, 35.7° E)

When: H Member (Shungura Formation), Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff H-2 (dated pumice); Min = Tuff H-4 (dated pumice) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: deltaic; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: mudflat to deltaic to mudflat; mudflat = lakeshore
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med stratified sand & silty sand in middle of unit, compact and clayey silt at top

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), 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 21739: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 27.09.1995

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
cf. Kolpochoerus limnetes
cf. Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella praethomsoni, Tragelaphus nakuae, Syncerus acoelotus
Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947 gazelle
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Syncerus acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo