Omo - O.41: Piacenzian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
2 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Kobus oricornis
3 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
2 specimens
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Metridiochoerus jacksoni
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
1 specimen
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 5.1° North, 36.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.4° 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
Geological group:Omo Formation:Shungura Member:B
Local bed:B-10
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff B-10-1(2.95+-.03ma), Min = Tuff C = (2.85+-.08ma) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: clayey silt, clay, silt, combination of three layers (subunits) with mixed lithology, tuffitic (member description)
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: cut and fill processes
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:9 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
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 456, Omo - O.41,
Database number:21638
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
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:
4769.ETE 478J. 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]