PBDB Collection

East Turkana - Area 123 - KBS (Pleistocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 215, Area 123 - KBS,

Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 36.1° 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 Okote Tuffs radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; burrowed sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: At 1.76 Ma, Area 123 was nearshore lake environm.

• ETE rock type adj: bioclastic, ETE lithology comments: brown mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 126, 125, ; 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 21402: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 21.05.1993, edited by Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Stenocypris sp., Sclerocypris clavularis Stenocypris sp. Sclerocypris clavularis
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ Dietrich 1915 elephant
Primates - Hominidae	Homo sp.⁸, Homo cf. erectus⁸ Homo sp.⁸ Linnaeus 1758 human Homo cf. erectus⁸ Dubois 1892 human
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa sp.⁶, Giraffa pygmaea⁶, Giraffa stillei⁶ Giraffa sp.⁶ Brisson 1762 giraffe Giraffa pygmaea⁶ Harris 1976 giraffe Giraffa stillei⁶ Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Gazella sp.⁷, Gazella cf. janenschi⁷, Gazella praethomsoni⁷, Alcelaphini indet.⁷, Alcelaphini indet.⁷, Megalotragus isaaci⁷, Beatragus antiquus⁷, Connochaetes gentryi⁷, Damaliscus eppsi⁷, Reduncini indet.⁷, Kobus aff. leche⁴, Kobus sigmoidalis⁷, Menelikia lyrocera⁷, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera⁷, cf. Aepyceros sp.⁷, Aepyceros melampus⁷, Cephalophus sp.⁷, Pelorovis turkanensis⁷, Tragelaphini indet.⁷, Tragelaphini indet.⁷, Tragelaphus nakuae⁷, Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁷, aff. Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁷ Gazella sp.⁷ Blaineville 1816 gazelle Gazella cf. janenschi⁷ gazelle Gazella praethomsoni⁷ Arambourg 1947 gazelle Alcelaphini indet.⁷ Brookes 1876 antelope Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions Alcelaphini indet.⁷ Brookes 1876 antelope Small Alcelaphini dentitions Megalotragus isaaci⁷ antelope Beatragus antiquus⁷ Leakey 1965 hirola Connochaetes gentryi⁷ Harris 1991 wildebeest Damaliscus eppsi⁷ Harris 1991 antelope Reduncini indet.⁷ Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope Reduncini gen. and sp. indet. Kobus aff. leche⁴ Gray 1850 antelope Kobus sigmoidalis⁷ Arambourg 1941 antelope Menelikia lyrocera⁷ Arambourg 1941 antelope "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera⁷ Arambourg 1947 reedbuck cf. Aepyceros sp.⁷ Sundevall 1847 impala Aepyceros melampus⁷ Lichtenstein 1812 impala Cephalophus sp.⁷ Smith 1827 duiker Pelorovis turkanensis⁷ Harris 1991 antelope Tragelaphini indet.⁷ Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini Tragelaphini indet.⁷ Blyth 1863 antelope Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet. Tragelaphus nakuae⁷ Arambourg 1941 antelope Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁷ Pallas 1766 greater kudu aff. Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁷ Pallas 1766 greater kudu "Tragelaphus aff. T. strepsiceros maryanus"
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Kolpochoerus limnetes³, Metridiochoerus andrewsi³, Metridiochoerus hopwoodi³, "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti³ Kolpochoerus limnetes³ Hopwood 1926 pig Metridiochoerus andrewsi³ Hopwood 1926 pig Metridiochoerus hopwoodi³ Leakey 1958 pig "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti³ Leakey 1943 pig
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis⁵ "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis⁵ Coryndon 1977 hippo
Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium⁶ "Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium⁶ Pomel 1893 placental
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus indet.², Equus cf. koobiforensis², Hipparion cf. ethiopicum² Equus indet.² Linnaeus 1758 horse Equus cf. koobiforensis² horse Hipparion cf. ethiopicum² hipparionine horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Diceros bicornis⁴, Ceratotherium simum⁴ Diceros bicornis⁴ Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum⁴ Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: germanoafricanum
Ostracoda
Podocopida - Cytherideidae	Cyprideis torosa Cyprideis torosa ostracod
Podocopida - Ilyocyprididae	Ilyocypris gibba Ilyocypris gibba Ramdohr 1808 ostracod
Adenota
-	"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁷ "Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁷ Schwartz 1932

¹Beden 1983; ²Eisenmann 1983; ³Harris 1983; ⁴Harris 1983; ⁵Harris 1991; ⁶Harris 1991; ⁷Harris 1991; ⁸Isaac 1997