Omo - L.3: Gelasian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
2 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
1 specimen
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
Mammalia - Bovidae
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.7° North, 35.9° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Gelasian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
*International age/stage:Gelasian (minimum)
Key time interval:Gelasian
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Shungura Member:F
Local bed:F-3
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff F, Min = Tuff G radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: interbedded with sand, ss slabs, drifted wood, limonitic concretions, (member description and thickness)
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: swamp ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deltaic plains and swamps (member description)
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:4 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 403, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 366, Omo - L.3, P.417,
Database number:21548
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1997-07-28 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1997-07-28 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4768.ETE 477H. B. Wesselman. 1984. The Omo Micromammals: Systematics and Paleoecology of Early Man Sites from Ethiopia. Contributions to Vertebrate Evolution 17 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]