Middle Awash - Aramis mbr. (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 981, Middle Awash - Aramis mbr.,

Where: Ethiopia (10.5° N, 40.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 40.2° E)

When: Aramis Member (Sagantole Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max age=3.89+/-.02 (At-1 or VT-1, Ar/Ar & Ca/K dating);Min age=3.85+/-.08 (Cindery or Lapilli Tuff)" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "marginal envt, some fluv_deltaic"
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "silts, siltstone, sands, sandstone, tuff, and some gravel lenses."

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 565, 85, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: J. E. Kalb, C. J. Jolly, A. Mebrate, S. Tebedge, C. Smart, E.B. Oswald, D. Cramer, P. Whitehead, C.B. Wood, G.C. Conroy, T. Adefris, L. Sperling, and B. Kana. 1982. Fossil Mammals and Artifacts from the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Nature 298:25-29 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 22160: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.04.1999, edited by Denne Reed

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Millardia taiebi2
originally entered as "Milardia taiebi"
Millardia coppensi2
originally entered as "Milardia coppensi"
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
 Testudines -
"Testudines indet." = Testudines, "Chelonia indet." = Testudines2
"Testudines indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines2 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Squamata -
Lacertilia indet.2 lizard
originally entered as "Lacertilla indet."
 Squamata - Boidae
cf. Python sp.2 Daudin 1803 boa
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium2
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium2 Kaup 1825 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Sagantole
 Chiroptera -
Microchiroptera indet.2 Dobson 1875 bat
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Helogale kitafe2 dwarf mongoose
originally entered as "Helogale kitage"
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet.2 Gray 1821 hyaena
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet.2 Gray 1821 civet
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.2 Gray 1821 cat
Megantereon sp.2 Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.2 Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
Lutrinae indet.2 Baird 1857 otter
Torolutra ougandanensis2 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursidae indet.2 Gray 1825 bear
Agriotherium sp.2 Wagner 1837 bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.2 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
cf. Nyctereutes sp.2 Temminck 1839 raccoon dog
originally entered as "cf. Nycterentes sp."
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.2 de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sp.2 Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa jumae2 Leakey 1967 giraffe
Giraffa stillei2 Arambourg 1947 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Neotragini indet.2 Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Bovini indet.2 Gray 1821 antelope
Tragelaphus sp.2 de Blainville 1816 antelope
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet.2 Gray 1821 squirrel
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Tachyoryctes sp.2 Rüppell 1835 mouse
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Colobinae indet.2 Blyth 1875 monkey
originally entered as "Colobineae sp."
cf. Parapapio sp.2 Jones 1937 monkey
originally entered as "cf. Parapaio sp."
cf. Paracolobus sp.2 Leakey 1969 monkey
 Primates - Hominidae
"Australopithecus ramidus n. sp." = Ardipithecus ramidus1
"Australopithecus ramidus n. sp." = Ardipithecus ramidus1 White et al. 1994 ape
localities 1, 6 (holotype), and 7
Pisces
  -
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish