Middle Awash (Wee-ee/Aramis) (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: marginal lacustrine envts, fluv_deltaic episodes
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Silts, siltstone, sands, sandstone, and tuff.

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus cf. jaegeri Coppens 1971 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo
ETE occurrence; species: large
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant