Bouri-Hata: Pliocene, 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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| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Elephas redki" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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cf. Deinotherium bozasi
Arambourg 1934
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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aff. Aonyx capensis
(Schinz 1821)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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aff. Homotherium problematicus
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| originally entered as "aff. Homotherium problematicum" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Genetta sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon sp.
Falconer and Cautley 1836
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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| originally entered as "Kolpochoreus limnetes" | ||||||||||
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Metridiochoerus andrewsi
Hopwood 1926
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Notochoerus sp.
Broom 1925
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa sp.
Brisson 1762
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Sivatherium sp.
Falconer and Cautley 1836
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella janenschi
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| originally entered as "Gazella jenenschi" | ||||||||||
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Syncerus sp.
Hodgson 1847
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Pelorovis sp.
Reck 1928
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Tragelaphus pricei
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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Tragelaphus nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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Kobus sigmoidalis
Arambourg 1941
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Kobus kob
(Erxleben 1777)
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Hippotragus gigas
Leakey 1965
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cf. Oryx sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Antidorcas sp.
Sundevall 1847
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| originally entered as "Antidorcus sp." | ||||||||||
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Damaliscus ademassui
Vrba 1997
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Megalotragus kattwinkeli
(Scwarz 1932)
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| original and current combination Alcelaphus kattwinkeli | ||||||||||
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Parmularius rugosus
Leakey 1965
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Beatragus whitei
Vrba 1997
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Connochaetes gentryi
Harris 1991
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cf. Numidocapra crassicornis
Arambourg 1949
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| originally entered as "cf. Numidorcapra crassicornis" | ||||||||||
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cf. Rabaticeras arambourgi
Ennouchi 1953
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Papio sp.
Erxleben 1777
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Theropithecus sp.
Geoffroy 1843
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus garhi
Asfaw et al. 1999
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia | State/province: | Afar |
| Coordinates: | 10.3° North, 40.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.1° North, 40.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bouri-Hatayae | ||
| Database number: | 70907 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Reed | Enterer: | D. Reed | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-11 09:39:35 | Last modified: | 2007-04-11 12:39:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-11 09:39:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23775. | J. de Heinzelin, J. Clark, T. White, W. Hart, P. Renne, G. WoldeGabriel, Y. Beyene and E. Vrba. 1999. Environment and Behavior of 2.5-Million-Year-Old Bouri Hominids. Science 284:625-629 [D. Reed/D. Reed/O. Alfaro] |