Omo - L.193: Gelasian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947
2 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Syncerus acoelotus Gentry 1985
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
1 specimen
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
4 specimens
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
22 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
4 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:5.7° 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
Geological group:Omo Formation:Shungura Member:C
Local bed:C-7 to C-9
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff C (2.85+-.08ma), Min = Tuff D (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks siltstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fines up from med sand, silty clay at top of cycles, sandy silt, ss slabs (member description and thickness)
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:34 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, UCBE
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 391, Omo - L.193,
Database number:21573
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:

4763.ETE 454G. Eck. 1977. Diversity and frequency distributions of Omo Group Cercopithecidae. Journal of Human Evolution 6:55-63 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer]