Omo - L.1: Piacenzian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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15 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecidae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae | ||||||||||
Paracolobus mutiwa
Leakey 1982
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Leakey 1982
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ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa | ||||||||||
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Leakey 1982
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Theropithecus brumpti
Arambourg 1947
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cercopithecus sp.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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cf. Damalops sp.
Pilgrim 1939
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Kobus oricornis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Kobus kob
(Erxleben 1777)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Kobus ancystrocera
(Arambourg 1947)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Redunca ancystrocera | ||||||||||
Aepyceros shungurae
Gentry 1985
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Omo Valley | ||||||||||
Syncerus cf. acoelotus
Gentry 1985
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Tragelaphus nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Tragelaphus gaudryi
Thomas 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Notochoerus sp.
Broom 1925
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5 specimens | |||||||||
cf. Notochoerus capensis
Broom 1925
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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20 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
Kolpochoerus afarensis
Cooke 1978
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3 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
Metridiochoerus jacksoni
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Notochoerus scotti
(Leakey 1943)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus protoamphibius
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceros bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Antidorcas recki
(Schwartz 1932)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Adenota recki | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 5.5° 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 - 2.58000 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. sandstone, unconformable lower contact, grayish tuff, silt, nodular concretions | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: ab_chan_fill ETE event: ., ETE env comment: subaerial? |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 112 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 443, 418, 418, 417, 416, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 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 426, Omo - L.1, | ||
Database number: | 21608 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
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] |