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
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Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
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 | |
Theropithecus oswaldi, "Cercopithecus cf. aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
"Cercopithecus cf. aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 vervet monkey | |
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"Gazella cf. granti" = Nanger granti
"Gazella cf. granti" = Nanger granti Brooke 1872 Grant's gazelle | |
Crocuta cf. crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Reptilia | |
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile |