Also known as ETE Locality 953, Middle Awash - Wee-ee, Aramis,
Where: Ethiopia (10.5° N, 40.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 40.3° E)
When: Aramis Member (Sagantole Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 3.89 +/- .02 (AT-1 or VT-1, Ca/K and Ar/Ar dating). Min age = 3.85 +/- .08 (CT (Cindery or Lapilli Tuff)). radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 557, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Primary reference: J. E. Kalb and A. Mebrate. 1993. Fossil elephantoids from the hominid-bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash Valley, Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 83(1) [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22132: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 15.03.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Nyanzachoerus cf. jaegeri Coppens 1971 pig | |
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"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti
Mammuthus subplanifrons mammoth
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant |