Omo - member G1 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 839, Omo - member G1,

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:

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Meandering river.
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Interbedded tuffite, silt, and mixtures of the two. "

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 517, ; ETE museum list: ENM

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 22018: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum, Equus oldowayensis
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Syncerus cf. acoelotus, Kobus sigmoidalis
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Paracolobus mutiwa
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey