ammonites
Omo - L.238 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 481, Omo - L.238,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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: fluvial-deltaic; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: swamp ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deltaic plains and swamps
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: interbedded with sand, ss slabs, drifted wood, limonitic concretions (member description)

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 432, ; ETE museum list: ENM, KNM, UCBE

Primary reference: M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] more details

PaleoDB collection 21663: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 28.07.1997