Hadar Formation

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:age 3.4 to 2.9 million years ago
gptkbp:contains fossil hominins
fossil fauna
fossil flora
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Maurice_Taieb
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1970s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hadar Formation
gptkbp:importantFor key site for human evolution studies
gptkbp:lithology gptkb:stone
claystone
siltstone
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:Afar_Region
gptkbp:namedAfter Hadar village
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Australopithecus_afarensis
Lucy (AL 288-1)
gptkbp:partOf Awash Valley
gptkbp:period gptkb:Pliocene
gptkbp:stratigraphicUnitOf gptkb:East_African_Rift
gptkbp:subunit Busidima Member
Denen Dora Member
Kada Hadar Member
Sidi Hakoma Member
gptkbp:thickness up to 280 meters
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Lower Valley of the Awash
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hadar,_Ethiopia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7