Omo - L.465: 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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4 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion libycum
Pomel 1897
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Eurygnathohippus libycum | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum | ||||||||||
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Hipparion sitifense
Pomel 1897
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Hipparion | ||||||||||
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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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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
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Notochoerus sp.
Broom 1925
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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
- Bovidae
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Hominidae indet.
Gray 1825
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.9° North, 36.2° East |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: quartz flakes, tuffitic sandy silt, some gravel | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: meandering and/or braided stream deposit | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 22 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 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 428, Omo - L.465, | ||
| Database number: | 21610 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
| 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:
| 5263. | ETE 975 | G. Suwa, T. D. White, and F. Clark Howell. 1996. Mandibular postcanine dentition from the Shungura Formation, Ethiopia: Crown morphology, taxonomic allocations and Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 101:247-282 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |