Middle Awash - Aramis mbr.: Zanclean, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Golunda sp.
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Millardia taiebi
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
originally entered as "Milardia taiebi"
Millardia coppensi
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
originally entered as "Milardia coppensi"
Reptilia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylidae indet. Cuvier 1807
Reptilia - Boidae
cf. Python sp. Daudin 1803
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
originally entered as "Lacertilla indet."
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
synonym of Testudines
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Microchiroptera indet. Dobson 1875
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium sp. Kaup 1829
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
corrected as Dinotherium
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus sp. Aymard 1855
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Sagantole
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursidae indet. Gray 1825
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Agriotherium sp. Wagner 1837
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Lutrinae indet. Baird 1857
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Torolutra ougandanensis
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
cf. Nyctereutes sp. Temminck 1839
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
originally entered as "cf. Nycterentes sp."
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Helogale kitafe
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
originally entered as "Helogale kitage"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Bovidae
Neotragini indet. Sclater and Thomas 1894
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Bovini indet. Gray 1821
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae
Tachyoryctes sp. Rüppell 1835
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus ramidus n. sp. White et al. 1994
White et al. 1994
recombined as Ardipithecus ramidus
localities 1, 6 (holotype), and 7
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
cf. Parapapio sp. Jones 1937
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
originally entered as "cf. Parapaio sp."
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
Colobinae indet. (Blyth 1875)
WoldeGabriel et al. 1994
originally entered as "Colobineae sp."
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 10.5° North, 40.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.3° North, 40.2° East
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*International age/stage:Zanclian - Zanclian
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Awash Formation:Sagantole Member:Aramis
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max age=3.89+/-.02 (At-1 or VT-1, Ar/Ar & Ca/K dating);Min age=3.85+/-.08 (Cindery or Lapilli Tuff)" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "silts, siltstone, sands, sandstone, tuff, and some gravel lenses."
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "marginal envt, some fluv_deltaic"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:7 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 565, 85, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 981, Middle Awash - Aramis mbr.,
Database number:22160
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, D. Reed Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, D. Reed
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1999-04-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-25 21:59:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-04-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4442.ETE 74J. E. Kalb, C. J. Jolly, A. Mebrate, S. Tebedge, C. Smart, E.B. Oswald, D. Cramer, P. Whitehead, C.B. Wood, G.C. Conroy, T. Adefris, L. Sperling, and B. Kana. 1982. Fossil Mammals and Artifacts from the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Nature 298:25-29 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

5354ETE 1083T. D. White, G. Suwa, and B. Asfaw. 1994. Australopithecus ramidus, a new species of early hominid from Aramis, Ethiopia. Nature 371:306-312 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]
23777 G. WoldeGabriel and Y. Haile-Selassie. 2001. Geology and paleontology of the Late Miocene Middle Awash valley, Afar rift, Ethiopia. Nature 412(6843):175-178 [D. Reed/D. Reed]
5357ETE 1086G. WoldeGabriel, T. D. White, G. Suwa, P. Renne, J. Heinzelin, W. K. Hart, and G. Heiken. 1994. Ecological and temporal placement of early Pliocene hominids at Aramis, Ethiopia. Nature 371:330-333 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]