Plio-Pleistocene wood from the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia: paleoenvironnemental implications for paleoanthropological and paleontological sites Author Jolly-Saad, Marie-Claude MSH-Mondes, UMR 7041 - ARSCAN, Paris Nanterre - (GAMMA), CNRS / Université Paris Nanterre / Sorbonne Université, 21 allée de l’Université, 92000 Nanterre (France) mcsaad @ parisnanterre. fr (corresponding author) mcsaad@parisnanterre.fr Author Bonnefille, Raymonde Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UM 34, CEREGE, Europole Méditerranéen de l’Arbois, BP 80, F- 13545 Aix-en-Provence cedex 4 (France) rbonnefille @ orange. fr rbonnefille@orange.fr text Geodiversitas 2026 2026-09-17 48 18 369 461 journal article 316370 10.5252/geodiversitas2026v48a18 1f2fc2a2-73ad-49d6-88df-db3c26760f95 1638-9395 22808516 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4E21BC29-025B-43FD-B5BA-ECD1F3253A59

TABLE 1. — List of studied and described fossil wood from the Pliocene, Shungura Formation, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia. *, O 127 and P 64 are the same locations, one being faunal and the other geological site. Abbreviations: Tr, Transversal section; Tg, Tangential section; Ra, Radial section.

Sample Number	Thin sections	Locality	Geographic coordinates	Stratigraphy	Age (Ma)	Identification	Figures
Twf 17730	Tr-Tg-Ra	P 424, sect. 15	5°04’04”N, 36°01’22”E	C-9	2.56	Combretaceae / Fabaceae gen. and sp. indet. 2	Fig. 20
Twf 17638	Tr-Tg-Ra	P 755, sect 24	5°00’09”N, 36°01’03”E	C-8	2.57	Albizia sp. 1	Fig. 19
Twf 17788	Tr	L 447, sect. 11	5°05’26”N, 36°01’29”E	C-8	2.57	Raphia sp.	Fig. 11
Twf 17805	Tr-Tg-Ra	L 448, sect. 11	5°05’26”N, 36°01’30”E	C-8	2.57	Maytenus sp. 1	Fig. 18
Twf 17808	Tr-Tg-Ra	L 448, sect. 11	5°05’26”N, 36°01’30”E	C-8	2.57	Maytenus sp. 1
Twf 17713	Tr-Tg-Ra	L 642, sect.3	5°08’58”N, 36°01’50”E	C-6	2.61	Trichilia sp.	Fig. 17
Twf 17683	Tr-Tg-Ra	P 106, sect. 4	5°08’39”N, 36°01’34”E	C-5	2.62	Diospyros cf. mespiliformis	Fig. 16
Twf 17611	Tr-Tg-Ra	P 508, sect. 2	5°09’23”N, 36°02’01”E	Middle C	2.62	Terminalia cf. macroptera	Fig. 15
Twf 17812	Tr-Tg-Ra	L 46, sect. 4	5°08’39”N, 36°01’35”E	C-5	2.62	Celtis cf. integrifolia	Fig. 14
Twf 17748	Tr-Tg-Ra	P 811, sect. 4	5°08’24”N, 36°01’30”E	C-5	2.62	Cordia sp. 1	Fig. 12
Twf 17610	Tr-Tg-Ra	P 59, sect. 4	5°08’45”N, 36°01’32”E	C-5	2.62	Cordia sp. 2	Fig. 13
Twf 17839	Tr	P 180, sect. 10	5°06’10”N, 36°01’30”E	C-5	2.62	Borassus sp.	Fig. 11
Twf 17609	Tr-Tg-Ra	P 782 sect. 18	5°02’47”N, 36°01’27”E	B-12	2.95	Maytenus sp. 1	Fig. 10
Nfw 001	Tr-Tg-Ra	Locality1-North	5°03’53”N, 36°01’34”E	B-10	2.97	Terminalia sp. 2	Fig. 9
Twf 17679	Tr-Tg-Ra	P 788 sect. 18	5°02’38”N, 36°01’35”E	B-10	2.97	Unidentifiable	–
Twf 17872	Tr-Tg-Ra	P 64, sect. 18	5°02’58”N, 36°01’52”E	A-1-1	3.60	Entandophragma sp. 3	Fig. 8
Twf 17854	Tr-Tg-Ra	P 64, sect. 18	5°02’58”N, 36°01’52”E	A-1-1	3.60	Entandophragma sp. 2	Fig. 7
Twf 17914	Tr-Tg-Ra	O 127 = P 64*	5°02’58”N, 36°01’52”E	A-1-1	3.60	Entandophragma sp. 2	Fig. 7
Twf 17913	Tr-Tg-Ra	O 127 = P 64*	5°02’58”N, 36°01’52”E	A-1-1	3.60	Entandophragma sp. 1	Fig. 6
Twf 18054	Tr-Tg-Ra	P 64, sect. 18	5°02’58”N, 36°01’52”E	A-1-2	3.60	Fabaceae gen. and sp. indet.	Fig. 5
Twf 17873	Tr-Tg-Ra	P 64, sect. 18	5°02’58”N, 36°01’52”E	A-1-1	3.60	Combretaceae / Fabaceae gen. and sp. indet. 1	Fig. 4
Twf 17918	Tr- Tg- Ra	O 127 = P 64*	5°02’58”N, 36°01’52”E	A-1-1	3.60	Terminalia sp. 1	Fig. 3
Twf 18047	Tr-Tg-Ra	O 127 = P 64*	5°02’58”N, 36°01’52”E	A-1-1	3.60	Unidentifiable	–