Omo - L.628: Gelasian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
1 specimen
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion libycum Pomel 1897
1 specimen
recombined as Eurygnathohippus libycum
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ethiopicum
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
4 specimens
Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus jacksoni
2 specimens
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
2 specimens
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust)
Australopithecus boisei Leakey 1959
6 specimens
recombined as Paranthropus boisei
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982
ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 5.2° North, 36.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.0° North, 36.2° 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:G
Local bed:G-3-3
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max=Tuff G, Min = Tuff H radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: clayey, ETE lithology comments: unconsolidated
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:33 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 414, ; 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 436, Omo - L.628, P.800,
Database number:21618
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:

4447.ETE 81M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]