Hadar - AL.128: Piacenzian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Tragelaphus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Hadar | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus afarensis
Johanson et al. 1978
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta adaurora
Maglio 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: adaurora | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 11.1° North, 40.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.0° North, 40.4° 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: | Awash | Formation: | Hadar | Member: | Sidi Hakoma | Local bed: | Sh1 - SH2 |
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Sidi Hakoma Tuff (3.36+-.04ma), Min = Kadada MouMou Basalt (3.05-3.15ma) radiometric intage_min | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty claystone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: sandstone in SH2, "poupees" in clayey silts, lacustrine deposits cut by fluvial deposits (member description) | |||
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: marshy environments along lake edge | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 4 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 445, 443, 416, 415, 414, 123, ; ETE museum list: ENM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 575, Hadar - AL.128, | ||
| Database number: | 21757 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
| Created: | 1995-09-28 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-09-28 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4835. | ETE 545 | D. C. Johanson, M. Taieb, B. T. Gray and Y. Coppens. 1978. Geological framework of the Pliocene Hadar Formation (Afar, Ethiopia), with notes on paleontology including hominids. In W. Bishop (ed.), Geological Background to Fossil Man 8:549-564 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Wagner] |