Also known as ETE Locality 272, Area 101 - KBS,
Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 36.0° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: KBS Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: KBS and Okote Tuffs radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 124, 122, 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 21458: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 25.01.1993, edited by Victoria Egerton
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Metridiochoerus compactus3, Metridiochoerus andrewsi3, Metridiochoerus hopwoodi3, Kolpochoerus limnetes3
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Aepyceros melampus5, Alcelaphini indet.5, Beatragus antiquus5, Megalotragus isaaci5, Connochaetes gentryi5, Damaliscus eppsi5, Kobus kob5, Kobus sigmoidalis5, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera5, Oryx sp.5, Pelorovis turkanensis5, Tragelaphus strepsiceros5
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"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium4
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"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki5
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki5 Schwartz 1932 |