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Awash - Wehaietu - Meadura, Afar Region, Ethiopia

GroupAwash
FormationWehaietu
MemberMeadura
Age:2.59 Ma
Pleistocene
IntervalPleistocene - Holocene
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences13

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Middle Awash - Meadura mbr.Afar Region, EthiopiaAwash - Wehaietu - Meadura

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Mammalia
class
3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Bovidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Bovini
tribe
5.5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bovini2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Caprini
tribe
5.5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Caprini2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Gazella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Gazella2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Redunca sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Redunca2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Hippopotamus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hippopotamidae : Hippopotamus2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Kolpochoerus limnetes
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Kolpochoerus : Kolpochoerus limnetes2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Phacochoerus : Phacochoerus aethiopicus2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Ceratotherium simum
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Ceratotherium : Ceratotherium simum2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Rhinocerotidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Cercopithecus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cercopithecidae : Cercopithecus2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Elephas recki
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Elephas : Elephas recki2.588 - 0 Ma
Quaternary

References

Kalb J. E., Jolly C. J., et al (1982) Fossil Mammals and Artifacts from the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia, Nature 298, 25-29
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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