Hadar - AL.288: Piacenzian, 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: shungurensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Spalacidae
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Tachyoryctes pliocaenicus
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Xerus sp.
Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus afarensis
Johanson et al. 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Potamidae
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Potamidae indet.
Ortmann 1896
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Johanson et al. 1978 | |||||||||
| 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: | Kada Hadar | Local bed: | KH1 |
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = TT4 (3.221+-.01ma), Min = KHT (3.175+-.01ma), single crystal laser dates radiometric intage_min | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: channel fill | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0 | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 12 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 88, ; ETE museum list: ENM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 602, Hadar - AL.288, | ||
| Database number: | 21784 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Wolfe | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Wolfe |
| 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:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |