Formasi Shungura

Formasi Shungura adalah sebuah formasi stratigrafik yang terletak di cekungan sungai Omo, Etiopia. Formasi tersebut berasal dari zaman Pliosen Akhir dan Pleistosen Awal. Oldowan ditemukan pada formasi tersebut, yang menyiartkan pemakaian awal dari alat-alat batu oleh para hominin. Selain itu, fosil-fosil Panthera ditemukan pada Anggota G dari formasi tersebut.

Fosil 
Fosil-fosil berikut ini dilaporkan ditemukan dari formasi tersebut:

 Acomys sp.
 Aepyceros shungurae
 Aethomys deheinzelini
 Ancylotherium
 Antidorcas recki
 Arvicanthis sp.
 Australopithecus boisei
 Camelops grattardi
 Camelus sp.
 Ceratotherium simum
 Clarias sp.
 Crocidura aithiops
 Diceros bicornis
 Equus oldowayensis
 Eurygnathohippus libycum
 Euthecodon
 Gazella praethomsoni
 Gerbillus sp.
 Gymnarchus sp.
 Helogale hirtula
 Heterocephalus atikoi
 Hexaprotodon protoamphibius, H. shungurensis
 Hipparion sitifense
 Hippopotamus protoamphibius
 Hipposideros kaumbului
  Homotherium Sp.
 Jaculus orientalis
 Kobus ancystrocera, K. ellipsiprymnus, K. oricornis, K. sigmoidalis
 Kolpochoerus limnetes
 Lepus capensis
 Loxodonta adaurora, L. exoptata
 Mastomys minor
 Menelikia lyrocera
 Metridiochoerus jacksoni, M. modestus
 Notochoerus euilus, N. scotti
 Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
 Palaeoloxodon recki
 Paracolobus mutiwa
 Paraxerus ochraceus
 Pelomys sp.
 Pelorovis sp.
 Polypterus sp.
 Redunca sp.
 Saidomys sp.
 Syncerus cf. acoelotus 
 Synodontis sp.
 Taphozous abitus
 Thallomys quadrilobatus
 Theropithecus brumpti, T. oswaldi
 Tragelaphus gaudryi, T. nakuae	
 Tatera sp.
 Xerus sp.

Referensi

Daftar pustaka

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Formasi geologi Etiopia