Omo - L.2: Piacenzian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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18 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus sp.
Dart 1925
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Kobus oricornis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Redunca sp.
Smith 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Aepyceros shungurae
Gentry 1985
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov. | ||||||||||
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Syncerus cf. acoelotus
Gentry 1985
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Tragelaphus gaudryi
Thomas 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
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Kolpochoerus afarensis
Cooke 1978
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus protoamphibius
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.5° North, 36.0° East |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| *International age/stage: | Piacenzian (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: tuffite, clayey silt, gravel, med-coarse (member description and thickness) | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: paleodune to the north, cut and fill process | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 64 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 404, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 367, Omo - L.2, | ||
| Database number: | 21549 | ||
| 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:
| 4486. | ETE 121 | C. S. Feibel, F.H. Brown, and I. McDougall. 1989. Stratigraphic Context of Fossil hominids from the Omo Group Deposits: Northern Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78:595-622 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |