Omo - L.10: Gelasian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus cf. boisei
Leakey 1959
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Paranthropus boisei | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
Metridiochoerus jacksoni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sitifense
Pomel 1897
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Hipparion | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 5.7° North, 35.9° 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: | 2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med sand, coarser at base with scattered bones (member description) | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: sed sequence=levee to floodplain |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 7 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, 81, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 375, Omo - L.10, P.419, | ||
Database number: | 21557 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
Created: | 1997-07-03 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-07-03 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] |