East Turkana - Area 115 - Upper Burgi (Pleistocene of Kenya)

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deltaic in upper part of member
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: limonite clast conglomerates

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

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cladistia
 Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp.7 Lacépède 1803 bichir
Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829 aba knifefish
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
"Tetrodon sp." = Tetraodon7
"Tetrodon sp." = Tetraodon7 Linnaeus 1758
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.7 Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.7 Cuvier 1816
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi2 Arambourg 1934 deinothere
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollet 1947 monkey
 Primates - Hominidae
"Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei6, Homo sp.6
"Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei6 Leakey 1959 australopithecine
Homo sp.6 Linnaeus 1758 human
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti3 Leakey 1943 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes3 Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi3 Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella praethomsoni5 Arambourg 1947 gazelle
Kobus sigmoidalis5 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Alcelaphini indet.5 Brookes 1876 antelope
Small Alcelaphini dentitions
Hippotragus gigas5 Leakey 1965 antelope
Tragelaphus nakuae5 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Tragelaphus strepsiceros5 Pallas 1766 greater kudu
aff. Tragelaphus strepsiceros5 Pallas 1766 greater kudu
"Tragelaphus aff. T. strepsiceros maryanus"
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium4
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium4 Pomel 1893 placental
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray
ETE occurrence; species: A-E.Turkana
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: B-E.Turkana