Omo - F.256 (Pliocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 567, Omo - F.256,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 35.7° E)

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

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff H, Min = Tuff J (1.65+-.-5ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: nearshore mudflats
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: interlayered sand and silt, clayey silt, sandy silt

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 414, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM

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 21749: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1997

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Menelikia lyrocera
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope