ammonites
Omo - O.2 (Pleistocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 561, L894, Omo - O.2,

Where: Ethiopia (5.1° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 36.3° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff G, Min = Tuff H radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lacustrine episodes
• ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: sandstone fines upward to silt, clayey silt, very saline

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 409, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), ENM, KNM, MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Primary reference: J. de Heinzelin. 1983. The Omo Group: Archives of the International Omo Research Expedition. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Annales Series 8, Tervuren, Belgique 85 [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl] more details

PaleoDB collection 21743: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 31.07.1997