PBDB Collection

East Turkana - Area 204 - Tulu Bor (Pliocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 238, Area 204 - Tulu Bor,

Where: Kenya (3.8° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Tulu Bor Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Toroto and Burgi Tuffs radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: floodplain lakes, Lokeridede Lake Complex

• ETE rock type adj: med-coarse, ETE lithology comments: silts, claystones, fining-upward sequences

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 241, 240, 239, 201, 158, ; 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 21425: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 29.12.1992, edited by Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Sindacharax sp.⁷, Labeo sp., Hyperopsius sp.⁷, Distochodus sp.⁷ Sindacharax sp.⁷ Labeo sp. Hyperopsius sp.⁷ Distochodus sp.⁷
Mammalia
Artiodactyla - Suidae	"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus³, Nyanzachoerus kanamensis³ "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus³ Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog Nyanzachoerus kanamensis³ Leakey 1958 pig
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa sp.⁵, Giraffa jumae⁵ Giraffa sp.⁵ Brisson 1762 giraffe Giraffa jumae⁵ Leakey 1967 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Reduncini indet.⁶, Kobus oricornis⁶, Kobus cf. kob⁶, Kobus sigmoidalis⁶, Menelikia leakeyi⁶, Menelikia cf. lyrocera⁶, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera⁶, Aepyceros shungurae⁶, Megalotragus sp.⁶, Tragelaphini indet.⁶, Tragelaphus nakuae⁶, Simatherium kohllarseni⁶ Reduncini indet.⁶ Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope Reducini gen. and sp. indet. Kobus oricornis⁶ antelope Kobus cf. kob⁶ Erxleben 1777 kob Kobus sigmoidalis⁶ Arambourg 1941 antelope Menelikia leakeyi⁶ Harris 1991 antelope Menelikia cf. lyrocera⁶ Arambourg 1941 antelope "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera⁶ Arambourg 1947 reedbuck Aepyceros shungurae⁶ Gentry 1985 impala Megalotragus sp.⁶ van Hoepen 1932 antelope Tragelaphini indet.⁶ Blyth 1863 antelope Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indetl Tragelaphus nakuae⁶ Arambourg 1941 antelope Simatherium kohllarseni⁶ antelope
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus sp.⁴, Hexaprotodon protoamphibius⁴ Hippopotamus sp.⁴ Linnaeus 1758 hippo Hexaprotodon protoamphibius⁴ pygmy hippo
Perissodactyla - Equidae	"Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense² "Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense² Eisenmann 1983 hipparionine horse
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹, Loxodonta exoptata¹ "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti Loxodonta exoptata¹ Dietrich 1941 African elephant originally entered as "Loxodonta expotata"
Actinopteri
Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae	Gymnarchus niloticus⁷ Gymnarchus niloticus⁷ aba knifefish
Siluriformes - Mochokidae	Synodontis sp.⁷ Synodontis sp.⁷ Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
Characiformes - Alestidae	Hydrocynus sp.⁷ Hydrocynus sp.⁷ Cuvier 1816
Adenota
-	"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁶ "Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁶ Schwartz 1932

¹Beden 1983; ²Eisenmann 1983; ³Harris 1983; ⁴Harris 1991; ⁵Harris 1991; ⁶Harris 1991; ⁷Schwartz 1983