East Turkana - Area 106 - KBS (Pleistocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 190, Area 106 - KBS,

Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: KBS Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: KBS and Chari Tuffs - ages radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; burrowed sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: transgressions of a shallow lake?
• ETE rock type adj: bioclastic, ETE lithology comments: mudstones, caliche

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 124, 123, 88, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA

Primary reference: J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21378: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 25.03.1994

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum2
Ceratotherium simum2 Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: germanoafricanum
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon aethiopicus3, Hippopotamus gorgops3, "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis3
Hexaprotodon aethiopicus3 Coryndon and Coppens 1975 pygmy hippo
Hippopotamus gorgops3 Dietrich 1928 hippo
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis3 Coryndon 1977 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi1, Kolpochoerus limnetes1
Metridiochoerus andrewsi1 Hopwood 1926 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes1 Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei4
Giraffa stillei4 Arambourg 1947 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp.5, Aepyceros melampus5, Damaliscus eppsi5, Reduncini indet.5, Kobus sigmoidalis5, Menelikia lyrocera5, Pelorovis oldowayensis5
Gazella sp.5 Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Aepyceros melampus5 Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Damaliscus eppsi5 Harris 1991 antelope
Reduncini indet.5 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
Kobus sigmoidalis5 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Menelikia lyrocera5 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Pelorovis oldowayensis5 Reck 1928 antelope
Adenota
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"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki5
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki5 Schwartz 1932
1Harris 1983; 2Harris 1983; 3Harris 1991; 4Harris 1991; 5Harris 1991