Fossil Elephantoids: From the Hominid-Bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash Valley, Afar Depression, Ethiopia, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 83, part 1)

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 its...