USNO - White Sands (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 572, USNO - White Sands,

Where: Ethiopia (5.3° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 35.7° E)

When: max: zone min: zone zone, U Member (USNO Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max = U-14, bottom of Mammoth (paleomag), Min = U - 16/17, bottom of Kaena (paleomag)

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: fluvial deltaic, marshes and swamps
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: gravelly, coarse sand, minor variations from Brown sands

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, IPP, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE

Primary reference: M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21754: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 30.08.1995, edited by John Damuth and Erin Leckey

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey
 Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus africanus Dart 1925 australopithecine
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus sp. Leakey 1958 pig
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig
Metridiochoerus jacksoni pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
cf. Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
 Carnivora - Percrocutidae
Percrocuta sp. Kretzoi 1938 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Pantherini
Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762 hyaena
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydriodon sp. Falconer 1868 otter
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium indet." = Dinotherium
"Deinotherium indet." = Dinotherium Kaup 1825 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas ekorensis Maglio 1970 elephant