Omo - F.164 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 562, Omo - F.164,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 36.2° 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; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lacustrine, mudflats
• ETE rock type adj: bedded, ETE lithology comments: medium sand, gypsum crystals, clayey silt, laminated clay, evenly bedded

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 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 21744: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.06.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
cf. Kolpochoerus sp., Kolpochoerus sp., Stylochoerus compactus, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
cf. Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Adenota
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"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932