Omo - O.223: 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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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Ancylotherium hennigi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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cf. Metridiochoerus jacksoni
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus brumpti
Arambourg 1947
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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2 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: | Late/Upper 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 up from coarse sand and gravel, ss slabs, clayey silt (member description) | 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: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 10 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 409, 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 501, Omo - O.223, | ||
| Database number: | 21683 | ||
| 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:
| 4763. | ETE 454 | G. Eck. 1977. Diversity and frequency distributions of Omo Group Cercopithecidae. Journal of Human Evolution 6:55-63 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer] |