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A new Middle Pleistocene fauna from the Busidima–Telalak region of the Afar, Ethiopia

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science, ISSN: 1251-8050, Vol: 331, Issue: 8, Page: 549-556
2000
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We report on a diverse fauna from the Busidima–Telalak region of the Afar in Ethiopia. The fossiliferous sediments are characterized by riverbank deposits. During our first field season thirty-one mammalian species were encountered. Fossils are nicely preserved and abundant. Bovids, carnivores, monkeys, and large rodents are the most common taxa. The fauna points to a Middle Pleistocene age (0.2 to 0.8 Ma). Our preliminary palaeoenvironmental reconstruction indicates that our fossil assemblage is derived from a rather wet and closed environment. This condition is unique as sites of this time period were reported to be more open and dry.

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