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
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 | |
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine | |
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey | |
Australopithecus africanus Dart 1925 australopithecine | |
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Nyanzachoerus sp., Nyanzachoerus kanamensis, Metridiochoerus jacksoni, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Kolpochoerus afarensis, cf. Notochoerus sp., Notochoerus sp.
Nyanzachoerus sp. Leakey 1958 pig
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
cf. Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig | |
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe | |
Percrocuta sp. Kretzoi 1938 carnivoran | |
Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat | |
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762 hyaena | |
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"Deinotherium indet." = Dinotherium
"Deinotherium indet." = Dinotherium Kaup 1825 deinothere | |
Elephas ekorensis Maglio 1970 elephant |