Hadar - AL.241: Piacenzian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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: brumpti | ||||||||||
Loxodonta exoptata
Dietrich 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Loxodonta adaurora
Maglio 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: adaurora | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium bozasi
Arambourg 1934
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus afarensis
Johanson et al. 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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: | Denen Dora | Local bed: | DD2 |
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = TT4 (3.22+-.01ma), Min = KHt (3.175 +-.01ma), single crystal laser dates radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | claystone | ||
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: silts with carbonate concretions appear at top - evidence of lake regression? (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: swampy, floodplain |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 6 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: ENM |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 585, Hadar - AL.241, | ||
Database number: | 21767 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
Created: | 1995-09-29 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-09-29 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4782. | ETE 491 | D. C. Johanson, M. Splingaer, and N. T. Boaz. 1976. Paleontological excavations in the Shungura Formation, Lower Omo Basin, 1969-1973. In Y. Coppens, F. C. Howell, G. L. Isaac, R. L. Leakey (eds.), Earliest Man and Environments in the East Rudolf Basin [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |