Asa Issie (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (10.4° N, 40.4° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 40.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Adgandole Member (Sagantole Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: T. Lehmann. 2008. Plio-Pleistocene aardvarks (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from East Africa. Fossil Record 11(2):67-81 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96050: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus cf. djourabensis Lehmann et al. 2004 aardvark