Omo - L.168: Gelasian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 5.8° North, 36.0° 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
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks sandstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med size, obliquely stratified between parallel bedding, silt, yellow tuff, silt lenses, silty clay (member description) | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0 |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 4 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 421, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 376, Omo - L.168, | ||
Database number: | 21558 | ||
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:
4769. | ETE 478 | J. 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] |