Omo - L.16: Gelasian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
5 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sitifense Pomel 1897
2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Hipparion
Hipparion libycum Pomel 1897
1 specimen
recombined as Eurygnathohippus libycum
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus protoamphibius
3 specimens
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus jacksoni
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
4 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
2 specimens
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928
5 specimens
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985
1 specimen
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.0° North, 36.1° East
Geographic resolution:basin
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:2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Shungura Member:G
Local bed:G-4
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff G, Min = Tuff H radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: med-coarse, ss concretions and slabs, tuffitic, scattered gravel, (member description and thickness)
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:28 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 426, ; 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 385, Omo - L.16,
Database number:21567
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:

4768.ETE 477H. B. Wesselman. 1984. The Omo Micromammals: Systematics and Paleoecology of Early Man Sites from Ethiopia. Contributions to Vertebrate Evolution 17 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]