ammonites
Omo - member G28 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 824, Omo - member G28,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 36.4° E)

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 2.33 (Tuff G). Min age = 1.88 (Tuff H). radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Mudflats and deltaic sediments.
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Interlayered sand, silt, and clay, and some highly saline layers"

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: F. C. Howell and Y. Coppens. 1973. Inventory of remains of Hominidae from Pliocene and Pleistocene formations of the lower Omo Basin, Ethiopia (1967-1972). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 40:1-16 [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl] more details

PaleoDB collection 22003: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998