Omo - F.165 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 558, Omo - F.165,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° N, 35.9° 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: deltaic; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: transitional deltaic
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: ss slabs, transition to silty sand, silt, clayey silt

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; 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 21740: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.06.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus oldowayensis
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Paracolobus mutiwa
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey