Omo - O.29: Gelasian, 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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20 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Paracolobus mutiwa
Leakey 1982
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Leakey 1982
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo cf. habilis
Leakey et al. 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini | ||||||||||
Kobus kob
(Erxleben 1777)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Kobus sigmoidalis
Arambourg 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Menelikia lyrocera
Arambourg 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Kobus ancystrocera
(Arambourg 1947)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Hippotragini indet.
Sundevall 1845
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini | ||||||||||
Hippotragus sp.
Sundevall 1845
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Tragelaphus nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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4 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 | |||||||||
Phacochoerus modestus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
Metridiochoerus jacksoni
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14 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
cf. Metridiochoerus sp.
Hopwood 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Metridiochoerus andrewsi
Hopwood 1926
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Notochoerus scotti
(Leakey 1943)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus protoamphibius
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Hippopotamus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: B-Omo | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 5.0° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 5.4° North, 35.9° 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 siltstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: fining upward from sand, cyclic sedimentation (member description) | 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: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 114 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 445, 443, 418, 418, 417, 416, 409, 123, 104, 81, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 439, Omo - O.29, | ||
Database number: | 21621 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
Created: | 1997-07-31 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-07-31 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4447. | ETE 81 | M. 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] |