Also known as ETE Locality 275, Area 102 - Upper Burgi,
Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 36.0° 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
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
PaleoDB collection 21461: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.03.1993, edited by Victoria Egerton
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Sindacharax sp., Cathormion sp., Cola lateritia, Brachystegia sp., Salacia sp., Brachylaena hutchinsii, Labeo sp., Hyperopsius sp., Distichodus sp.
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Mammalia | |
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Equus indet. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis5
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Bovidae indet., Aepyceros melampus7, Raphicerus sp., Alcelaphini indet.7, Connochaetes gentryi7, Megalotragus isaaci7, Reduncini indet.7, Kobus sigmoidalis7, Menelikia lyrocera7, Oryx sp.7, Tragelaphini indet.7, Tragelaphus strepsiceros7, Tragelaphus strepsiceros7, Gazella praethomsoni7
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope | |
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"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium6
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"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1 Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
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Actinopteri | |
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816 | |
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray | |
Angiospermae | |
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Dicotyledoneae | |
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Adenota | |
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki7
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki7 Schwartz 1932 |