Hadar - SH General: Piacenzian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828
Elephas ekorensis Maglio 1970
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982
Theropithecus cf. darti Broom and Jepsen 1946
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus afarensis Johanson et al. 1978
2 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Praomys sp. Thomas 1915
3 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Xenohystrix cf. crassidens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydriodon sp. Falconer 1868
ETE occurrence; species: A-Hadar
Poecilogale sp. Thomas 1883
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes sp. Illliger 1811
Herpestes sp. Illliger 1811
ETE occurrence; species: subgenus=Galerella
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverra sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828
Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Panthera sp. Oken 1816
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. mesomelas Schreber 1775
recombined as Lupulella mesomelas
Mammalia - Carnivora - Percrocutidae
Percrocuta sp. Kretzoi 1938
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini 2-Hadar
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini 3-Hadar
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
3 specimens
Damalops sp. Pilgrim 1939
2 specimens
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827
1 specimen
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
ETE occurrence; species: A-Hadar
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
ETE occurrence; species: C-Hadar
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: B-Hadar
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847
2 specimens
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Hadar
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Hadar
Mammalia - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus pattersoni
17 specimens
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
7 specimens
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978
22 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
Trilobophorus afarensis Geze 1985
    = Trilobophorus afarensis n. gen., n. sp. Geze 1985
Geze 1985
recombined as Hippopotamus afarensis
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Ceratotherium praecox
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
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = SHT (correlated to Tulu Bor Tuff at E. Turkana, 3.36+-.04ma), Min = TT4 (3.221+-.01ma) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: numerous complex lateral facies, sandstone,gastropod levels in shelly siltstone,silty clays,clayey silts with CaCo3 con.
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. 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:98 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 88, 88, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 601, Hadar - SH General,
Database number:21783
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, M. Uhen
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1995-10-02 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1995-10-02 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4847.ETE 557D. C. Johanson and M. Taieb. 1976. Plio-Pleistocene hominid discoveries in Hadar, Ethiopia. Nature 260:293-297 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer]

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]