Where: Kenya (4.1° 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)
• Datum plane is Sheet sandstone with section extending from 0 to -3.15 meters below datum plane.
•Maximum age= 1.64+/- 0.03 (Okote Tuff, K/Ar and Ar/Ar dating)
•Minimum age= 1.4 Ma (Chari Tuff, K/Ar and Ar/Ar dating)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; poorly lithified, burrowed, bioturbated, pebbly, conglomeratic sandstone and poorly lithified, sandy mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical, sieve,
• Collecting was biased.
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 32058: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Suzanne Cote on 03.06.2003, edited by Victoria Egerton
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Mammalia | |
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon | |
Equus cf. tabeti Arambourg 1970 horse | |
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig | |
Hippopotamidae indet., "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis, Hippopotamus aethiopicus
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis Coryndon 1977 hippo
Hippopotamus aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975 hippo | |
Bovidae indet., Antilopini indet., Alcelaphini spp., Megalotragus isaaci, Aepyceros sp., Pelorovis sp.
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Megalotragus isaaci antelope
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope | |
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe
Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe | |
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Squamata indet. squamates | |
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Actinopteri | |
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish |