PBDB Collection

East Turkana - Area 1 - Okote (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 216, Area 1 - Okote,

Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° N, 36.2° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Okote Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Okote and Chari tuffs radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: dry floodplain; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: dry_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: caliche formation, paleosols

• ETE rock type adj: tuffaceous, ETE lithology comments: includes red analcimic mudstone, dolomite bed

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 127, ; 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

PaleoDB collection 21403: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 11.12.1992, edited by Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: recki
Perissodactyla - Equidae	"Equus cf. grevyi" = Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi² "Equus cf. grevyi" = Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi² Oustalet 1882 Grevy's zebra
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hexaprotodon aethiopicus⁴, "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis⁴, Hippopotamus gorgops⁴ Hexaprotodon aethiopicus⁴ Coryndon and Coppens 1975 pygmy hippo "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis⁴ Coryndon 1977 hippo Hippopotamus gorgops⁴ Dietrich 1928 hippo
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa sp.⁵, Giraffa pygmaea⁵, Giraffa stillei⁵, Giraffa jumae⁵ Giraffa sp.⁵ Brisson 1762 giraffe Giraffa pygmaea⁵ Harris 1976 giraffe Giraffa stillei⁵ Arambourg 1947 giraffe Giraffa jumae⁵ Leakey 1967 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Tragelaphini indet.⁶, Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁶, Aepyceros melampus⁶, Reduncini indet.⁶, Menelikia lyrocera⁶, Kobus kob⁶, Alcelaphini indet.⁶, Beatragus antiquus⁶, Megalotragus isaaci⁶, Damaliscus eppsi⁶ Tragelaphini indet.⁶ Blyth 1863 antelope Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet. Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁶ Pallas 1766 greater kudu Aepyceros melampus⁶ Lichtenstein 1812 impala Reduncini indet.⁶ Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope Reduncini gen. and sp. indet. Menelikia lyrocera⁶ Arambourg 1941 antelope Kobus kob⁶ Erxleben 1777 kob Alcelaphini indet.⁶ Brookes 1876 antelope Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions Beatragus antiquus⁶ Leakey 1965 hirola Megalotragus isaaci⁶ antelope Damaliscus eppsi⁶ Harris 1991 antelope
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Metridiochoerus compactus³ Metridiochoerus compactus³ Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
Primates - Hominidae	Hominidae indet., Homo sp., Homo cf. erectus, "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei, "Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human Homo cf. erectus Dubois 1892 human "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine "Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
Adenota
-	"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁶ "Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁶ Schwartz 1932

¹Beden 1983; ²Eisenmann 1983; ³Harris 1983; ⁴Harris 1991; ⁵Harris 1991; ⁶Harris 1991