Middle Awash - Kuseralee mbr. (Miocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 1000, Middle Awash - Kuseralee mbr.,

Where: Ethiopia (10.4° N, 40.4° E: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 39.8° E)

When: Kuseralee Member (Adu-Asa Formation), Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max age=9.0 ignimbrite overly Chorora fm;min age=3.89+/-.02 ,At-1 or Vt-1 in Aramis mbr" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deposition interuppted by volcanism
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "silts, sands, sandstones, and bakes soil at the contact with the basalts"

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 22179: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 20.04.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE occurrence; species: Rodentia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE occurrence; species: Carnivora
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegotetrabelodon orbus Maglio 1970 elephant
"Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis Coppens 1965 elephant
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE occurrence; species: Felidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE occurrence; species: Giraffidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Mesembriportax acrae Gentry 1974 antelope
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Hippotragini
cf. Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970 antelope
cf. Ugandax gautieri Cook and Coryndon 1970 antelope
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Lothagam type
Tragelaphus aff. nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: Colobinae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Papionini
cf. Libypithecus sp. Stromer 1913 monkey
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque
ETE occurrence; species: Cercocebus
cf. Paracolobus chemeroni Leakey 1969 monkey