Aramis, Central Awash Complex (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (10.5° N, 40.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 40.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aramis Member (Sagantole Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Ethiopian National Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Primary reference: N. García. 2008. New Eucyon remains from the Pliocene Aramis Member (Sagantole Formation), Middle Awash Valley (Ethiopia). Comptes Rendus Palevol 7(8):583-590 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230941: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 27.07.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Eucyon wokari n. sp. García 2008 canine
ARA 6/21 (holotype), right mandible fragment with M1-M2