Middle Awsh - Saitune Dora (Miocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 982, Middle Awsh - Saitune Dora,

Where: Ethiopia (10.3° N, 40.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 39.7° E)

When: Adu-Asa Formation (Awash Group), Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max age = 9.0; Min age = 3.89 +/- .02 (AT-1 or VT-1 in Aramis mbr, Ar/Ar & Ca/K dates)." 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: fluctuating between fluv and lacustr
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "silts, sands, clays, tuffs, and diatomites"

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: J. E. Kalb. 1993. Refined stratigraphy of the hominid-bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash Valley, Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Newsletter of Stratigraphy 29(1):21-62 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22161: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegotetrabelodon orbus, Stegodon cf. kaisensis
Stegotetrabelodon orbus Maglio 1970 elephant
Stegodon cf. kaisensis Hopwood 1939 elephant