ammonites
Omo - member J3 (Pliocene to of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 848, Omo - member J3,

Where: Ethiopia (5.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 35.7° E)

When: J Member (Shungura Formation), Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 1.65 +/- .05 (Tuff J4). Min age = 1.53 (Tuff K). radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: deltaic

• ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Mudflats and deltaic sediments.
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Fine tuff, silts, and sands."

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 517, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: Y. Coppens and F. C. Howell. 1985. Les Faunes Plio-Pleistocenes de las Basse Vallee de l'Omo (Ethiopie), Tome 1: Perissodactyls, Artiodactyls (Bovidae). Cahiers de Paleontologie, Editions du CNRS, Paris [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl] more details

PaleoDB collection 22027: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 01.07.1998, edited by John Damuth