ammonites
Omo - member E1 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 822, Omo - member E1,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 36.2° E)

When: E Member (Shungura Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 2.37 (Tuff E). Min age = 2.36 (Tuff F). radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Channel & levee deposits on floodplain
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Sand conglomerate, sand, and silt"

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 487, 483, 482, 481, 478, 477, 81, ; ETE museum list: ENM

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 22001: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998