East Turkana - Area 3 - Okote: Gelasian - Calabrian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Isaac 1997
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
Isaac 1997 3 specimens
Homo aff. erectus (Dubois 1892)
Isaac 1997 1 specimen
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Harris 1991 4 specimens
Harris 1991 3 specimens
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Mammalia - Bovidae
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
Kobus kob (Erxleben 1777)
Harris 1991 10 specimens
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Harris 1991 5 specimens
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
Harris 1983 13 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Equus cf. grevyi Oustalet 1882
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
Beden 1983 2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: recki
Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 4.3° North, 36.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.7° North, 36.2° East (Wright 2013)
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Gelasian - Calabrian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary - Quaternary *Epoch:Pliocene - Pleistocene
Key time interval: Gelasian - Calabrian
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Koobi Fora Member:Okote
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Okote and Chari Tuffs
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown mudstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: red, ETE lithology comments: analcimic, upward-fining cycles, tuffaceous siltstone
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: shallow, floodplain lake
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:58 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 123, 122, 88, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 259, Area 3 - Okote,
Database number:21445
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, V. Egerton
Modifier:G. Varnham
Created:1993-01-08 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1993-01-08 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
4469.ETE 104J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2:1-321 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

10215ETE M. Beden. 1983. Family Elephantidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:40-129 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10216ETE V. Eisenmann. 1983. Family Equidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:156-214 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10217ETE J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Suidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:215-302 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10318ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Hippopotamidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:31-85 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10320ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Giraffidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:93-138 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10321ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Bovidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:139-320 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
8610ETE G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote]