East Turkana - Area 207 - Tulu Bor (Pliocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 245, Area 207 - Tulu Bor,

Where: Kenya (3.7° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 36.1° 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: Tulu Bor and Burgi Tuffs radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: mudstone, siltstone, upward-fining cycles

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: ; 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 21432: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.12.1992

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Sindacharax sp.2
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae1
Tragelaphus nakuae1 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Actinopteri
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.2
Hydrocynus sp.2 Cuvier 1816
1Harris 1991; 2Schwartz 1983