PBDB Collection

East Turkana - Area 110 - Upper Burgi (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 214, Area 110 - Upper Burgi,

Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° 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: age based on Lokalalei and KBS Tuffs radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deltaic in upper part of member, based on pollen

• ETE rock type adj: light-colored, ETE lithology comments: dark olive claystones, siltstones, fine and med-grained sandstones

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 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 2:1-321 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]more details

PaleoDB collection 21401: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.03.1993, edited by Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Hemicypris sp., Stenocypris sp., Cathormion sp., Cola lateritia, Brachystegia sp., Salacia sp., Brachylaena hutchisii Hemicypris sp. Stenocypris sp. Cathormion sp. ETE occurrence; species: pollen Cola lateritia ETE occurrence; species: pollen Brachystegia sp. ETE occurrence; species: pollen Salacia sp. ETE occurrence; species: pollen Brachylaena hutchisii ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Mammalia
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Metridiochoerus andrewsi Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig
Ostracoda
Podocopida - Cytherideidae	Cyprideis torosa Cyprideis torosa ostracod
Podocopida - Ilyocyprididae	Ilyocypris sp. Ilyocypris sp. Brady and Norman 1889 ostracod
Podocopida - Darwinulidae	Darwinula stevensoni Darwinula stevensoni Brady and Robertson 1870 ostracod
Angiospermae
Gentianales - Rubiaceae	Canthium sp. Canthium sp. Lamarck 1783 coffee ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Gentianales - Apocynaceae	Tabernaemontana sp. Tabernaemontana sp. Linnaeus 1753 milkwood ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Dicotyledoneae
Myrtales - Combretaceae	Terminalia prunioides Terminalia prunioides ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Angiospermae
Sapindales - Anacardiaceae	Lannea welwitschii Lannea welwitschii cashew ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Fabales - Fabaceae	Acacia meillifera, Acacia nilotica, Acacia meillifora, "Milletia dura" = Millettia Acacia meillifera wattle ETE occurrence; species: pollen Acacia nilotica wattle ETE occurrence; species: pollen Acacia meillifora wattle ETE occurrence; species: pollen "Milletia dura" = Millettia legume ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Rosales - Rhamnaceae	Zizyphus abyssinica Zizyphus abyssinica buckthorn ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Malpighiales - Salicaceae	Populus euphratica Populus euphratica poplar ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae	Croton haumanianus Croton haumanianus rushfoil ETE occurrence; species: pollen