East Turkana - Area 117 - Upper Burgi (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 297, Area 117 - Upper Burgi,

Where: Kenya (4.1° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Burgi Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Lokalalei Tuff, Min = KBS Tuff radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: deltaic; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: light color, ETE lithology comments: upward-coarsening cycles, conglomerate

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: I. McDougall. 1985. K/Ar and 40Ar/39Ar Dating of the Hominid-Bearing Plio-Pleistocene Sequence at Koobi Fora, Lake Turkana, Northern Kenya. Geological Society of America Bulletin 96:159-175 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21483: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1993

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Sindacharax sp., Labeo sp.
Actinopteri
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis africana
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray