East Turkana - Area 15 - Upper Burgi (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 289, Area 15 - Upper Burgi,

Where: Kenya (4.2° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 36.2° 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; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lacustrine episodes
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: upward-coarsening, interbedded detrital clastics and bioclastics

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

PaleoDB collection 21475: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1 Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae3, Reduncini indet.3
Tragelaphus nakuae3 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Reduncini indet.3 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi2
Metridiochoerus andrewsi2 Hopwood 1926 pig
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.4, Homo cf. erectus4
Hominidae indet.4 Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
Homo cf. erectus4 Dubois 1892 human
1Beden 1983; 2Harris 1983; 3Harris 1991; 4Isaac 1997