Also known as ETE Locality 364, L.729, L.745, Omo - L.1N, P.68,
Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 36.0° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: B Member (Shungura Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Tuff B10-3 (2.95+-.03ma) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: lacustrine
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 88, ; ETE museum list: ENM
Primary reference: H. B. Wesselman. 1984. The Omo Micromammals: Systematics and Paleoecology of Early Man Sites from Ethiopia. Contributions to Vertebrate Evolution 17 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21546: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gnathostomata | |
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Actinopteri | |
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Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816 | |
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
Clarias lazera catfish | |
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cyprinidae
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish | |
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829 aba knifefish | |
Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Amphibia | |
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Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
Eidolon cf. helvum fruit bat | |
Hipposideros cf. cyclops roundleaf bat
Hipposideros cf. camerunensis roundleaf bat | |
Taphozous abitus sac-winged bat | |
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust)
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Galagoides demidovii galago
Galago howelli galago | |
Xerus erythropus African ground squirrel
Paraxerus ochraceus African Bush Squirrel | |
Muridae indet., Arvicanthis sp., Lemniscomys cf. striatus, Mus cf. minutoides, Tatera sp., Thallomys jaegeri, Mastomys minor
Arvicanthis sp. Lesson 1842 grass rat
Lemniscomys cf. striatus striped grass mouse
Mus cf. minutoides house mouse
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
Thallomys jaegeri mouse
Mastomys minor mouse | |
Xenohystrix crassidens porcupine | |
Thryonomys gregorianus Thomas 1894 Lesser cane rat | |
Suncus haesaertsi, Suncus cf. lixus, Suncus shungurensis, Myosorex robinsoni, Crocidura cf. dolichura, Crocidura aithiops
Suncus haesaertsi white-toothed shrew
Suncus cf. lixus white-toothed shrew
Suncus shungurensis white-toothed shrew
Myosorex robinsoni white-toothed shrew
Crocidura cf. dolichura white-toothed shrew
Crocidura aithiops white-toothed shrew | |
Helogale kitafe dwarf mongoose | |
Osteichthyes | |
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish |