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Awash - Adu-Asa - Adu, Afar Region, Ethiopia

GroupAwash
FormationAdu-Asa
MemberAdu
Age:11.6 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
IntervalTortonian - Zanclean
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences10

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Middle Awash - Adu mbr.Afar Region, EthiopiaAwash - Adu-Asa - Adu

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Boselaphini
tribe
5.5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Boselaphini11.62 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Hexaprotodon sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hippopotamidae : Hexaprotodon11.62 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Kolpochoerus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Kolpochoerus11.62 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Nyanzachoerus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Nyanzachoerus11.62 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Hipparion sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hipparion11.62 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Rhinocerotidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae11.62 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Stegodibelodon schneideri
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Stegodibelodon : Stegodibelodon schneideri11.62 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Stegotetrabelodon orbus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Stegotetrabelodon : Stegotetrabelodon orbus11.62 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Anancus kenyensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Anancus : Anancus kenyensis11.62 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Melosira sp.
genus
6Chromista : Ochrophyta : Bacillariophyceae : Melosirales : Melosiraceae : Melosira11.62 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene

References

Kalb J. E. (1993) Refined stratigraphy of the hominid-bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash Valley, Afar Depression, Ethiopia, Newsletter of Stratigraphy 29 1, 21-62
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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