East Turkana - Area 12 - General (Pliocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 287, Area 12 - General,

Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: indet. Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Lokalalei and Okote Tuffs

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 17, ; 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 2:1-321 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21473: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Menelikia lyrocera3, Tragelaphini indet.3
Menelikia lyrocera3 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Tragelaphini indet.3 Blyth 1863 antelope
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes1
Kolpochoerus limnetes1 Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis2
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis2 Coryndon 1977 hippo
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta cf. crocuta
Crocuta cf. crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Megantereon sp.
cf. Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
1Harris 1983; 2Harris 1991; 3Harris 1991