USNO - Brown Sands: Pliocene, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Cercopithecoides indet.
Mollett 1947
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ETE occurrence; species: or Paracolobus mutiwa | ||||||||||
= Rhinocologus turkanaensis
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Leakey 1982 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Paracolobus mutiwa
Leakey 1982
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Leakey 1982 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Leakey 1982
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Leakey 1982 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Hominidae indet.
Gray 1825
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16 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceros bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Ceratotherium simum
Burchell 1821
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Leakey 1982 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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3 specimens | |||||||||
= Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Leakey 1982 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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48 specimens | |||||||||
Notochoerus scotti
(Leakey 1943)
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti | ||||||||||
Nyanzachoerus sp.
Leakey 1958
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
cf. Nyanzachoerus sp.
Leakey 1958
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
Leakey 1958
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Leakey 1982 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
cf. Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
Leakey 1958
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Metridiochoerus jacksoni
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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Leakey 1982 | 32 specimens | ||||||||
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
Kolpochoerus afarensis
Cooke 1978
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Leakey 1982 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sensu C+W | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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11 specimens | |||||||||
= Hippopotamus protoamphibius
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Leakey 1982 | |||||||||
= Hippopotamus protamphibius
Arambourg 1944
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Geze 1985 | |||||||||
n. subspecies turkanensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini | ||||||||||
Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Leakey 1982 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini | ||||||||||
Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini | ||||||||||
Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
= Tragelaphus nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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Leakey 1982 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera cf. pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Felis caracal
Schreber 1776
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Leakey 1982 | |||||||||
recombined as Caracal caracal | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena sp.
Brisson 1762
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Viverra leakeyi
Petter 1963
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Lutra sp.
Brisson 1762
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Enhydriodon sp.
Falconer 1868
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Leakey 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium indet.
(Kaup 1825)
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original and current combination Dinotherium | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Archidiskodon indet.
Pohling 1888
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10 specimens | |||||||||
= Elephas ekorensis
Maglio 1970
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Leakey 1982 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 5.3° North, 36.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 5.1° North, 35.7° East |
Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene - Pliocene |
Key time interval: | Pliocene | Zone: | max: zone min: zone |
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks sandstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: gravelly, stratified coarse sand | |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: fluvial-deltaic, marshes and swamps |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 165 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, IPP, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, UCBE |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 573, USNO - Brown Sands, | ||
Database number: | 21755 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, E. Leckey, M. Uhen, J. Damuth |
Modifier: | E. Leckey | ||
Created: | 1995-08-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2004-01-15 16:37:09 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-08-30 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9358. | 5% 39680 | F. C. Howell, L. S. Fichter, and G. Eck. 1969. Vertebrate assemblages from the Usno Formation, White Sands and Brown Sands localities, lower Omo basin, Ethiopia. Quaternaria 11:65-88 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |
Secondary references:
33267 | R. Geze. 1985. Repartition paleoecologique et relations phylogenetiques des Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) du Neogene d'Afrique orientale. Environment des hominides au Plio-Pleistocene 81-100 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
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] |