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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Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cyprinidae
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish | |
Clarias lazera catfish | |
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816 | |
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829 aba knifefish | |
Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Osteichthyes | |
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish | |
Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
Hipposideros cf. cyclops roundleaf bat
Hipposideros cf. camerunensis roundleaf bat | |
Eidolon cf. helvum fruit bat | |
Taphozous abitus sac-winged bat | |
Myosorex robinsoni, Crocidura cf. dolichura, Crocidura aithiops, Suncus haesaertsi, Suncus cf. lixus, Suncus shungurensis
Myosorex robinsoni white-toothed shrew
Crocidura cf. dolichura white-toothed shrew
Crocidura aithiops white-toothed shrew
Suncus haesaertsi white-toothed shrew
Suncus cf. lixus white-toothed shrew
Suncus shungurensis white-toothed shrew | |
Helogale kitafe dwarf mongoose | |
Muridae indet., Tatera sp., Thallomys jaegeri, Arvicanthis sp., Lemniscomys cf. striatus, Mus cf. minutoides, Mastomys minor
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
Thallomys jaegeri mouse
Arvicanthis sp. Lesson 1842 grass rat
Lemniscomys cf. striatus striped grass mouse
Mus cf. minutoides house mouse
Mastomys minor mouse | |
Paraxerus ochraceus African Bush Squirrel
Xerus erythropus African ground squirrel | |
Xenohystrix crassidens porcupine | |
Thryonomys gregorianus Thomas 1894 Lesser cane rat | |
Galagoides demidovii galago
Galago howelli galago | |
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (non-robust)
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Reptilia | |
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