ammonites
Hadar - AL.162 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

Also known as ETE Locality 587, Hadar - AL.162,

Where: Ethiopia (11.1° N, 40.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 40.4° E)

When: Denen Dora Member (Hadar Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = TT4 (3.22+-.01ma), Min = KHt (3.175 +-.01ma), single crystal laser dates radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: fauna from member suggests open grassland
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: changes ot silt in upper part of member, rootcasts suggest swampy conditions, changes to fluvial

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 409, ; ETE museum list: ENM

Primary reference: D. C. Johanson, M. Splingaer, and N.T. Boaz. 1976. Paleontological excavations in the Shungura Formation, Lower Omo Basin, 1969-1973. In: Coppens, Y., F.C. Howell, G.L. Isaac, R.L. Leakey (Eds.). Earliest Man and Environments in the East Rudolf Basin. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] more details

PaleoDB collection 21769: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 29.09.1995