Omo - L.116: Piacenzian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceros bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Suidae | ||||||||||
Notochoerus scotti
(Leakey 1943)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 5.7° North, 36.0° East |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
*International age/stage: | Piacenzian (minimum) | ||
Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | grading sandstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: gravelly, medium, tuffitic sands, silt, lumps of derived sediments, some Etheria | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: possibly a channel |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 6 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 418, 418, 417, 416, 409, 123, ; 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 419, Omo - L.116, | ||
Database number: | 21601 | ||
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:
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] |