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The hominid-bearing Plio–Pleistocene sequence of the west central Afar sedimentary basin in Hadar contains 120–140 m of fossiliferous lacustrine and lake margin sediments. The Hadar sequence is described and divided into four members. The mammalian fauna indicates an age of ∼ 3.0 Myr which is confirmed under the Hadar formation by K–Ar determinations on a basalt.
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Taieb, M., Johanson, D., Coppens, Y. et al. Geological and palaeontological background of Hadar hominid site, Afar, Ethiopia. Nature 260, 289–293 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/260289a0
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