East Turkana - Area 6 - General (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 265, Area 6 - General,

Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: indet. Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: KBS Tuff and top of Chari member, age based on other members with faunal material from this locality

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•see McDougall abd Brown 2006 for detailed breakdown of 40Ar/39Ar dated tuff layers in Koobi Fora Formation.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuff

• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: .

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 303, 122, 121, 88, ; ETE museum list: MUSEUMS OF, NATIONAL

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21451: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 08.01.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp.
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp.2
Gazella sp.2 Blaineville 1816 gazelle
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes1
Kolpochoerus limnetes1 Hopwood 1926 pig
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera cf. leo, cf. Dinofelis sp., cf. Megantereon sp.
Panthera cf. leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
cf. Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
cf. Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta cf. crocuta
Crocuta cf. crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi, Cercocebus sp.
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
Cercocebus sp. Geoffroy 1812 monkey
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp.
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp., Crocodylus niloticus, Euthecodon brumpti
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile
Actinopteri
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp.
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet.
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates sp.
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828 lates
Cladistia
 Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp.
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir
1Harris 1983; 2Harris 1991