Also known as ETE Locality 363, Omo - L.28,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° N, 36.1° E)
When: F Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff F , Min = Tuff G radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: siltstone
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 88, ; ETE museum list: ENM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Primary reference: J. de Heinzelin. 1983. The Omo Group: Archives of the International Omo Research Expedition. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Annales Series 8, Tervuren, Belgique 85 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details
PaleoDB collection 21545: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997, edited by Richard Potts and John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gnathostomata | |
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Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
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Hipposideros kaumbului roundleaf bat | |
Taphozous abitus sac-winged bat | |
Helogale hirtula Thomas 1904 Ethiopian dwarf mongoose | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
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Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884 antelope | |
Crocidura aithiops white-toothed shrew | |
Xerus sp. Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 African ground squirrel
Paraxerus ochraceus African Bush Squirrel | |
Muridae indet., Aethomys deheinzelini, Mastomys minor, Acomys sp., Pelomys sp., Tatera sp., Gerbillus sp., Thallomys quadrilobatus
Aethomys deheinzelini rock rat
Mastomys minor mouse
Acomys sp. Geoffroy 1838 (African) spiny mice
Pelomys sp. Peters 1852 groove-toothed swamp rat
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
Gerbillus sp. Desmarest 1804 gerbil
Thallomys quadrilobatus mouse | |
Jaculus orientalis jerboa | |
Heterocephalus atikoi naked mole-rat | |
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada | |
cf. Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
"Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine | |
Amphibia | |
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Actinopteri | |
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Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cyprinidae
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Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish | |
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816 | |
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829 aba knifefish | |
Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir |