Fossil Elephantoids: From the Hominid-Bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash Valley, Afar Depression, Ethiopia, Transactions, American Philosophical Societ (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780871698315)

This is a print on demand publication. From 1975-1978, the Rift Valley Research Mission in Ethiopia recovered the most diverse collection of elephantoids known from a single area, from the Middle Awash Valley in the southwestern Afar Depression. This report describes in detail the elephantoids from the middle Awash region, from the pre-Hadar Adu-Asa & Sagantole formations to the post-Hadar Matabaietu & Wehaietu formations. It also reports on the fossil elephants from the Hadar Formation itself & notes elephantoids collected from deposits north of Hadar & south of the Middle Awash (the Chorora region). Also, this study describes the relationships of the Awash "Anancus" to other "Anancus" in Africa, & to other late surviving "gomphotheres." Extensive illustrations.

Author: Jon E. Kalb,Assefa Mebrate
ISBN-10: 0871698315
ISBN-13: 9780871698315
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1993
Pages: 114
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.38d