Omo - member G29 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 823, Omo - member G29,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 36.4° E)

When: G Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 2.33 (Tuff G). Min age = 1.88 (Tuff H). radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: deltaic

• ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Mudflats.
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Stratified sand and silt

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 482, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: S. C. Coryndon and Y. Coppens. 1973. Preliminary report on Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Lower Omo Basin, Ethiopia. Fossil Vertebrates of Africa 3:139-157 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details

PaleoDB collection 22002: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius, Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus oldowayensis