Also known as ETE Locality 233, Area 115 - Upper Burgi,
Where: Kenya (4.1° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 36.2° 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: Lokalalei and KBS Tuffs radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; claystone
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 223, 222, 221, 220, 219, 218, 217, 216, 184, 183, 158, 135, 133, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA
Primary reference: M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21420: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 29.12.1992, edited by Victoria Egerton
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cladistia | |
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Actinopteri | |
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829 aba knifefish | |
"Tetrodon sp." = Tetraodon7
"Tetrodon sp." = Tetraodon7 Linnaeus 1758 | |
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Hydrocynus sp.7 Cuvier 1816 | |
Mammalia | |
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Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollet 1947 monkey | |
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Gazella praethomsoni5, Kobus sigmoidalis5, Alcelaphini indet.5, Megalotragus isaaci, Hippotragus gigas5, Tragelaphus nakuae5, Tragelaphus strepsiceros5, aff. Tragelaphus strepsiceros5
Megalotragus isaaci antelope | |
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium4
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Chondrichthyes | |
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: B-E.Turkana
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