Ardipithecus Kadabba
Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia
1st Edition
Published on 30. September 2020
666 pages
978-0-520-94250-9 (ISBN)
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The second volume in a series dedicated to fossil discoveries made in the Afar region of Ethiopia, this work contains the definitive description of the geological context and paleoenvironment of the early hominid Ardipithecus kadabba. This research by an international team describes Middle Awash late Miocene faunal assemblages recovered from sediments firmly dated to between 5.2 and 5.8 million years ago. Compared to other assemblages of similar age, the Middle Awash record is unparalleled in taxonomic diversity, composed of 2,760 specimens representing at least sixty five mammalian genera. This comprehensive evaluation of the vertebrates from the end of the Miocene in Africa provides detailed morphological and taxonomic descriptions of dozens of taxa, including species new to science. It also incorporates results from analyses of paleoenvironment, paleobiogeography, biochronology, and faunal turnover around the Pliocene-Miocene boundary, opening a new window on the evolution of mammals, African fauna, and its environments.
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Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia
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Content
Foreword
Series Preface Tim White
Preface Yohannes Haile-Selassie and Giday Wolde Gabriel
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Yohannes Haile-Selassie and Giday Wolde Gabriel
Stratigraphy of the Adu-Asa Formation
Giday WoldeGabriel, William K. Hart, Paul R. Renne,
Yohannes Haile-Selassie, and Tim White
Volcanic Record of the Adu-Asa Formation
William K. Hart, Giday WoldeGabriel, Yohannes Haile-Selassie,
and Paul R. Renne
Geochronology
Paul R. Renne, Leah E. Morgan, Giday WoldeGabriel, William K. Hart,
and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Small Mammals
Henry B. Wesselman, Michael T. Black, and Mesfi n Asnake
Cercopithecidae
Stephen R. Frost, Yohannes Haile-Selassie, and Leslea Hlusko
Hominidae
Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Gen Suwa, and Tim White
Contents
Carnivora
Yohannes Haile-Selassie and F. Clark Howell
Bovidae
Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Elisabeth S. Vrba, and Faysal Bibi
Suidae
Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Hippopotamidae
Jean-Renaud Boisserie and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Giraffi dae
Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Equidae
Raymond L. Bernor and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Rhinocerotidae
Ioannis X. Giaourtsakis, Cesur Pehlevan, and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Proboscidea
Haruo Saegusa and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Tubulidentata
Thomas Lehmann
Paleoenvironment
Denise F. Su, Stanley H. Ambrose, David DeGusta, and Yohannes
Haile-Selassie
Paleobiogeography
Raymond L. Bernor, Lorenzo Rook, and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Biochronology, Faunal Turnover, and Evolution
Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Tim White, Raymond L. Bernor,
Lorenzo Rook, and Elisabeth S. Vrba
Conclusions
Yohannes Haile-Selassie and Giday Wolde Gabriel
Bibliography
Index
Series Preface Tim White
Preface Yohannes Haile-Selassie and Giday Wolde Gabriel
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Yohannes Haile-Selassie and Giday Wolde Gabriel
Stratigraphy of the Adu-Asa Formation
Giday WoldeGabriel, William K. Hart, Paul R. Renne,
Yohannes Haile-Selassie, and Tim White
Volcanic Record of the Adu-Asa Formation
William K. Hart, Giday WoldeGabriel, Yohannes Haile-Selassie,
and Paul R. Renne
Geochronology
Paul R. Renne, Leah E. Morgan, Giday WoldeGabriel, William K. Hart,
and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Small Mammals
Henry B. Wesselman, Michael T. Black, and Mesfi n Asnake
Cercopithecidae
Stephen R. Frost, Yohannes Haile-Selassie, and Leslea Hlusko
Hominidae
Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Gen Suwa, and Tim White
Contents
Carnivora
Yohannes Haile-Selassie and F. Clark Howell
Bovidae
Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Elisabeth S. Vrba, and Faysal Bibi
Suidae
Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Hippopotamidae
Jean-Renaud Boisserie and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Giraffi dae
Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Equidae
Raymond L. Bernor and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Rhinocerotidae
Ioannis X. Giaourtsakis, Cesur Pehlevan, and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Proboscidea
Haruo Saegusa and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Tubulidentata
Thomas Lehmann
Paleoenvironment
Denise F. Su, Stanley H. Ambrose, David DeGusta, and Yohannes
Haile-Selassie
Paleobiogeography
Raymond L. Bernor, Lorenzo Rook, and Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Biochronology, Faunal Turnover, and Evolution
Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Tim White, Raymond L. Bernor,
Lorenzo Rook, and Elisabeth S. Vrba
Conclusions
Yohannes Haile-Selassie and Giday Wolde Gabriel
Bibliography
Index
