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Approximate age:1,955,000 years old=average of minimum (1.91 Ma) and maximum (2 Ma)
Date based on: K-Ar See map of sites with similar ages
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Notes: lower age limit not defined; Katoh, S., S. Nagaoka, et al. 2000. Chronostratigraphy and correlation of the Plio-Pleistocene tephra layers of the Konso Formation, southern Main Ethiopian Rift, Ethiopia. Quaternary Science Reviews 19(13): 1305-1317.; Nagaoka, S., S. Katoh, et al. 2005. Lithostratigraphy and sedimentary environments of the hominid-bearing PlioceneñPleistocene Konso formation in the southern Main Ethiopian Rift, Ethiopia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 216(3-4): 333-357.; Kono, R. T., Y. Beyene, et al. 2003. Plio-Pleistocene terrestrial mammal assemblage from Konso, southern Ethiopia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: 901-916.
Location: Konso-Gardula, Ethiopia
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