Omo - L.5/6: Gelasian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
3 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
2 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
3 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus protoamphibius
3 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus jacksoni
11 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
1 specimen
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
22 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
1 specimen
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Mammalia - Bovidae
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
1 specimen
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845
ETE occurrence; species: Hippotragini
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.8° North, 36.0° East
Geographic resolution:basin
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:2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Shungura Member:E
Local bed:E-3 to E-4
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff E, Min = Tuff F radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med. siltstone, silt pellets, tuffaceous (member description and thickness)
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:50 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 372, Omo - L.5/6, P. 413,
Database number:21554
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
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:

4769.ETE 478J. de Heinzelin. 1983. The Omo Group: Archives of the International Omo Research Expedition. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Annales Series 8, Tervuren, Belgique 85 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer]