PBDB Collection

East Turkana - Area 100 - Upper Burgi (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 271, Area 100 - Upper Burgi,

Where: Kenya (4.0° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.9° N, 36.1° 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-deltaic; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deltaic conditions in upper part, deep lake in low

• ETE rock type adj: light-colored, ETE lithology comments: thick, upward-coarsening, detrital clastic and bioclastic beds, siltstone, sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 88, ; 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 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21457: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 25.01.1993, edited by Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Sindacharax sp.⁷ Sindacharax sp.⁷
Actinopteri
Characiformes - Alestidae	Hydrocynus sp.⁷ Hydrocynus sp.⁷ Cuvier 1816
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹, "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ Dietrich 1915 elephant E. recki shungurensis "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ Dietrich 1915 elephant E. recki atavus
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Rhinocolobus turkanaensis⁷ Rhinocolobus turkanaensis⁷ Leakey 1982 monkey ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-E.Turkana
Primates - Hominidae	Hominidae indet.⁷ Hominidae indet.⁷ Gray 1825 ape ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa sp.⁵, Giraffa pygmaea⁵, Giraffa stillei⁵ Giraffa sp.⁵ Brisson 1762 giraffe Giraffa pygmaea⁵ Harris 1976 giraffe Giraffa stillei⁵ Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet.⁶, Gazella sp.⁶, Gazella praethomsoni⁶, Alcelaphini indet.⁶, Megalotragus isaaci⁶, Connochaetes gentryi⁶, Reduncini indet.⁶, Kobus aff. leche⁶, Kobus sigmoidalis⁶, Menelikia lyrocera⁶, cf. Aepyceros sp.⁶, Aepyceros melampus⁶, Pelorovis turkanensis⁶, Tragelaphini indet.⁶, Tragelaphini indet.⁶, Tragelaphus nakuae⁶, Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁶ Bovidae indet.⁶ Gray 1821 antelope Bovini gen. and sp. indet. Gazella sp.⁶ Blaineville 1816 gazelle Gazella praethomsoni⁶ Arambourg 1947 gazelle Alcelaphini indet.⁶ Brookes 1876 antelope Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions Megalotragus isaaci⁶ antelope Connochaetes gentryi⁶ Harris 1991 wildebeest Reduncini indet.⁶ Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope Reducini gen. and sp. indet. Kobus aff. leche⁶ Gray 1850 antelope Kobus sigmoidalis⁶ Arambourg 1941 antelope Menelikia lyrocera⁶ Arambourg 1941 antelope cf. Aepyceros sp.⁶ Sundevall 1847 impala Aepyceros melampus⁶ Lichtenstein 1812 impala Pelorovis turkanensis⁶ Harris 1991 antelope Tragelaphini indet.⁶ Blyth 1863 antelope Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet. Tragelaphini indet.⁶ Blyth 1863 antelope Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet. Tragelaphus nakuae⁶ Arambourg 1941 antelope Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁶ Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Kolpochoerus limnetes³, Metridiochoerus andrewsi³, Metridiochoerus modestus³, "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti³ Kolpochoerus limnetes³ Hopwood 1926 pig Metridiochoerus andrewsi³ Hopwood 1926 pig Metridiochoerus modestus³ van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti³ Leakey 1943 pig
Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium⁵ "Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium⁵ Pomel 1893 placental
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp.², Equus koobiforensis², Equus cf. koobiforensis², Hipparion cf. ethiopicum² Equus sp.² Linnaeus 1758 horse Equus koobiforensis² horse Equus cf. koobiforensis² horse Hipparion cf. ethiopicum² hipparionine horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium simum⁴ Ceratotherium simum⁴ Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: germanoafricanum
Adenota
-	"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁶ "Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁶ Schwartz 1932

¹Beden 1983; ²Eisenmann 1983; ³Harris 1983; ⁴Harris 1983; ⁵Harris 1991; ⁶Harris 1991; ⁷Leakey 1982