Also known as Ingrid Herbich Site, FxJj 18 Site Complex

Where: Kenya (4.2° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 36.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Okote Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• Maximum age= 1.64 +/- 0.03 (Base of Okote Tuff, K/Ar and Ar/Ar dating);

•Minimum age = 1.4 (Chari Tuff, K/Ar and Ar/Ar dating).

•Datum plane is the sheet sandstone with section extending from 0 to -8.2 meters below datum plane.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; poorly lithified, tuffaceous, volcaniclastic, calcareous claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical, sieve,

• Archaeological protocols of G. Isaac were followed in excavation and surface collection.

Primary reference: G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32057: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Suzanne Cote on 03.06.2003, edited by Victoria Egerton

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