Konso - Interval 1: Gelasian - Calabrian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi (Andrews 1916)
Suwa et al. 2003
Papio ? sp. Erxleben 1777
Asfaw et al. 1992
"small"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Suwa et al. 2003
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera sp. Oken 1816
Suwa et al. 2003
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762
Suwa et al. 2003
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816
Suwa et al. 2003
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Suwa et al. 2003
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Suwa et al. 2003
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
Suwa et al. 2003
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Ancylotherium hennigi
Suwa et al. 2003
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Suwa et al. 2003
"Hippopotamus/Hexaprotodon sp."
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Suwa et al. 2003
Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967
Suwa et al. 2003
Sivatherium sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836
Suwa et al. 2003
Mammalia - Bovidae
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
Suwa et al. 2003
Damaliscus informal sp. A Sclater and Thomas 1894
Suwa et al. 2003
Connochaetes gentryi Harris 1991
Suwa et al. 2003
Parmularius sp. Hopwood 1934
Suwa et al. 2003
Parmularius cf. pandatus Gentry 1987
Suwa et al. 2003
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
Suwa et al. 2003
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
Suwa et al. 2003
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816
Suwa et al. 2003
Syncerus acoelotus Gentry 1985
Suwa et al. 2003
Pelorovis turkanensis Harris 1991
Suwa et al. 2003
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Suwa et al. 2003
originally entered as "Tragelaphus strepsciceros"
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
Suwa et al. 2003
Simatherium sp. Dietrich 1941
Suwa et al. 2003
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Suwa et al. 2003
Mammalia - Suidae
Kolpochoerus majus (Hopwood 1934)
Suwa et al. 2003
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Suwa et al. 2003
originally entered as "Kolpocherus limnetes"
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
Suwa et al. 2003
Notochoerus informal n. sp.
Suwa et al. 2003
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791
Asfaw et al. 1992
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Suwa et al. 2003
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825
Suwa et al. 2003
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
Suwa et al. 2003
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
E. recki atavus
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
Suwa et al. 2003
original and current combination Adenota recki
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia State/province:Ethiopian Rift
Coordinates: 5.3° North, 37.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.2° North, 37.3° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*International age/stage:Gelasian - Calabrian
Key time interval:Gelasian - Calabrian
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Tephra samples:19-91&Tuff T-1 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Collection size:9 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 921, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1325, KGA-4M and 11L
Database number:22492
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, V. Egerton, J. Damuth
Modifier:J. Alroy
Created:2000-04-12 01:00:00 Last modified:2007-08-09 12:21:25
Access level:the public Released:2000-04-12 01:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5627.ETE 1376G. Suwa, B. Aswfaw, Y. Beyene, T. White, S. Katoh, S. Nagaoka, H. Nakaya, K. Uzawa, P. Renne and G. WoldeGabriel. 1997. The first skull of Australopithecus boisei. Nature 389(6650):489-492 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

5626ETE 1375B. Asfaw, Y. Beyene, G. Suwa, R. Walter, T. White, G. WoldeGabriel, and T. Yemane. 1992. The earliest Acheulean from Konso-Gardula. Nature 360:732-735 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]
9955ETE G. Suwa, H. Nakaya, B. Asfaw, H. Saegusa, A. Amzaye, R. T. Kono, Y. Beyene and S. Katoh. 2003. Plio-Pleistocene terrestrial mammal assemblage from Konso, Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(4):901-916 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]