Omo - L.7: Gelasian, 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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16 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus oldowayensis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Hipparion sitifense
Pomel 1897
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Hipparion | ||||||||||
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Hipparion libycum
Pomel 1897
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Eurygnathohippus libycum | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceros bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus protoamphibius
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Tragelaphus gaudryi
Thomas 1884
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Hippotragini indet.
Sundevall 1845
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| ETE occurrence; species: Hippotragini | ||||||||||
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Megalotragus cf. kattwinkeli
(Scwarz 1932)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Alcelaphus kattwinkeli | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Metridiochoerus jacksoni
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
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Kolpochoerus sp.
van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
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cf. Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Notochoerus scotti
(Leakey 1943)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus sp.
Dart 1925
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust) | ||||||||||
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Australopithecus boisei
Leakey 1959
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Paranthropus boisei | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.8° North, 36.1° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Gelasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper 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 sandy sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: sandy/clayey, ETE lithology comments: fining up from sandy gravel unit, chert flakes (member description and thickness) | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: sed sequence=point bar-levee-floodplain | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 47 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 425, ; 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 384, Omo - L.7, | ||
| Database number: | 21566 | ||
| 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] |