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Awash - Hadar - Kada Hadar, Afar Region, Ethiopia

Group	Awash
Formation	Hadar
Member	Kada Hadar
Age:	3.60 - 1.81 Ma Cenozoic
Interval	Piacenzian
Tectonic Setting	Rift
Lithology	claystone, sandstone, siltstone
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	27

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Hadar - KH General	Afar Region, Ethiopia	Awash - Hadar - Kada Hadar
Hadar - AL.288	Afar Region, Ethiopia	Awash - Hadar - Kada Hadar
Hadar - DD General	Afar Region, Ethiopia	Awash - Hadar - Kada Hadar

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Awash - Hadar - Denen Dora	3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic	claystone, siltstone, sandstone	72

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Praemadoqua avifluminis species	7	Praemadoqua : *Praemadoqua avifluminis*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Damalops sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : *Damalops*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Gazella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : *Gazella*	3.6 - 1.806 Ma Cenozoic
Raphicerus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : *Raphicerus*	3.6 - 1.806 Ma Cenozoic
Tragelaphus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : *Tragelaphus*	3.6 - 1.806 Ma Cenozoic
Hylochoerus euilus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Hylochoerus : *Hylochoerus euilus*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Kolpochoerus afarensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Kolpochoerus : *Kolpochoerus afarensis*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Felis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : *Felis*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Homotherium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : *Homotherium*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Megantereon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : *Megantereon*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Herpestes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Herpestes*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Eurygnathohippus afarense species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Eurygnathohippus : *Eurygnathohippus afarense*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Hipparion sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : *Hipparion*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Ceratotherium simum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Ceratotherium : *Ceratotherium simum*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Parapapio jonesi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cercopithecidae : Parapapio : *Parapapio jonesi*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Theropithecus oswaldi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cercopithecidae : Theropithecus : *Theropithecus oswaldi*	3.6 - 1.806 Ma Cenozoic
Homo sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Hominidae : *Homo*	3.6 - 1.806 Ma Cenozoic
Praeanthropus africanus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Hominidae : Praeanthropus : *Praeanthropus africanus*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Deinotherium bozasi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Deinotheriidae : Deinotherium : *Deinotherium bozasi*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Elephas recki species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Elephas : *Elephas recki*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Xerus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : *Xerus*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Tachyoryctes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Spalacidae : *Tachyoryctes*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic

References

Johanson D. C., Splingaer M., et al (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.

Kimbel W. H., Walter R. C., et al (1996) Late Pleistocene Homo and oldowan tools from the Hadar Formation (Kada Hadar Member), Ethiopia, Journal of Human Evolution 31, 549-561

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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