Also known as ETE Locality 285, Area 12 - Upper Burgi,
Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° 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: lacustrine; siltstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 123, 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 21471: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ceratotherium simum2 Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: germanoafricanum
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Tragelaphini indet.4, Tragelaphus nakuae4, Aepyceros melampus4, Reduncini indet.4, Menelikia lyrocera4, Megalotragus isaaci4, Gazella praethomsoni4
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"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti1, Metridiochoerus hopwoodi1, Metridiochoerus andrewsi1, Kolpochoerus limnetes1
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