Omo - O.28: Piacenzian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
elliptica elliptica
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
12 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982
4 specimens
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982
ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982
8 specimens
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947
2 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Kobus oricornis
1 specimen
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884
2 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925
3 specimens
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
24 specimens
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
2 specimens
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
12 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus protoamphibius
2 specimens
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
7 specimens
unclassified
Antidorcas cf. recki (Schwartz 1932)
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
Geographic resolution:basin
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 to B-11
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:desiccation cracks sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: complex deposit, ironstone conglomerate, gravel lag, clayey silt
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: braided stream deposit
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:89 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 458, L.1s, Omo - O.28,
Database number:21640
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 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]