Omo - F.161 (Pliocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 566, Omo - F.161,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 35.9° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: H Member (Shungura Formation), Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff H, Min = Tuff J (1.65 +-.05ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: sed seq = mudfl to nearsh lacustr to deltaic, mdfl
• ETE rock type adj: tuffitic, ETE lithology comments: clayey silt and sandy silt in upper 3.6m, shell bed at base, Etheria in middle of layer

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 414, ; 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 21748: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.06.1997

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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elliptica elliptica
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp.
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Menelikia lyrocera, Parmularius altidens
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope
Parmularius altidens Hopwood 1934 antelope
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus oldowayensis