East Turkana - Area 102 - General (Pliocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 304, Area 102 - General,

Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: indet. Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Piacenzian to Piacenzian (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max = Tulu Bor Tuff, Min = Chari Tuff radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 234, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: M. G. Leakey and R.E.F. Leakey. 1976. Further Cercopithecinae (Mammalia, Primates) from Plio-Pleistocene of East Africa. In: R.J.G Savage & S.C. Coryndon, (eds.), Fossil Vertebrates of Africa, Acad. Pres(IV) [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21490: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 22.04.1994, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi, "Cercopithecus cf. aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
"Cercopithecus cf. aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 vervet monkey
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus cf. grevyi" = Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi2 Oustalet 1882 Grevy's zebra
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
"Gazella cf. granti" = Nanger granti
"Gazella cf. granti" = Nanger granti Brooke 1872 Grant's gazelle
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta cf. crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile
Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni1 Brochu and Storrs 2012 crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile