Also known as ETE Locality 601, Hadar - SH General,
Where: Ethiopia (11.1° N, 40.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 40.4° E)
When: Sidi Hakoma Member (Hadar Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = SHT (correlated to Tulu Bor Tuff at E. Turkana, 3.36+-.04ma), Min = TT4 (3.221+-.01ma) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 88, 88, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Primary reference: D. C. Johanson and M. Taieb. 1976. Plio-Pleistocene hominid discoveries in Hadar, Ethiopia. Nature 260:293-297 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details
PaleoDB collection 21783: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 02.10.1995, edited by John Damuth and Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Australopithecus afarensis Johanson et al. 1978 australopithecine | |
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey
Theropithecus cf. darti Broom and Jepsen 1946 gelada | |
Praomys sp. Thomas 1915 African soft-furred rat | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
Xenohystrix cf. crassidens porcupine | |
"Canis cf. mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis cf. mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat | |
Herpestes sp. Illliger 1811 mongoose | |
Viverra sp. Linnaeus 1758 civet | |
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Poecilogale sp. Thomas 1883 mustelid carnivore | |
Percrocuta sp. Kretzoi 1938 carnivoran | |
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
Kolpochoerus afarensis, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Nyanzachoerus pattersoni, Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig | |
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius, "Trilobophorus afarensis n. gen. n. sp." = Hippopotamus afarensis
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius pygmy hippo
"Trilobophorus afarensis n. gen. n. sp." = Hippopotamus afarensis Geze 1985 hippo | |
Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe | |
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Tragelaphus sp., Ugandax sp., Gazella sp., Damalops sp., Aepyceros sp., Raphicerus sp., Kobus sp., Kobus sp., Kobus sp.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini 2-Hadar
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini 3-Hadar
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Hadar
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Hadar
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Damalops sp. Pilgrim 1939 antelope
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope | |
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
Elephas ekorensis Maglio 1970 elephant |