East Turkana - Area 130 - KBS (Pleistocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 316, Area 130 - KBS,

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

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: KBS Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = KBS Tuff, min = Okote Tuff radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandy siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: overbank ETE event: ., ETE env comment: or channel margin
• ETE rock type adj: brown, sandy, ETE lithology comments: changes laterally to coarse channel sandstones, lenses of brown silty clay

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ)

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

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21502: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.06.1993

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Prayomys cf. minor1
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Nycteridae
? Nycteridae indet.1, Nycteris sp.1
? Nycteridae indet.1 slit-faced bat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: nycterid
Nycteris sp.1 Geoffroy 1803 slit-faced bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Scotophilus sp.1
Scotophilus sp.1 Leach 1821 vesper bat
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura cf. dolichura1, Crocidura cf. nana1
Crocidura cf. dolichura1 white-toothed shrew
Crocidura cf. nana1 white-toothed shrew
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi3
Metridiochoerus andrewsi3 Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei5
Giraffa stillei5 Arambourg 1947 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Pelorovis turkanensis6, Tragelaphus strepsiceros6, Reduncini indet.6, Kobus sigmoidalis6, Kobus kob6, Alcelaphini indet.6, Alcelaphini indet.6, Damaliscus eppsi6, Megalotragus isaaci6
Pelorovis turkanensis6 Harris 1991 antelope
Tragelaphus strepsiceros6 Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Reduncini indet.6 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
Kobus sigmoidalis6 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Kobus kob6 Erxleben 1777 kob
Alcelaphini indet.6 Brookes 1876 antelope
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Alcelaphini indet.6 Brookes 1876 antelope
Small Alcelaphini dentitions
Damaliscus eppsi6 Harris 1991 antelope
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus indet.2, Equus cf. tabeti2
Equus indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus cf. tabeti2 Arambourg 1970 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum4
Ceratotherium simum4 Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: germanoafricanum
 Rodentia - Muridae
Tatera sp.1, Thallomys quadrilobatus1, Arvicanthis sp.1, Aethomys sp.1, Mus sp.1
Tatera sp.1 Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
Arvicanthis sp.1 Lesson 1842 grass rat
Aethomys sp.1 Thomas 1915 rock rat
Mus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp.1
Hystrix sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys sp.1
Thryonomys sp.1 Fitzinger 1867 cane rat
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.7, Homo habilis7, "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei7
Hominidae indet.7 Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
Homo habilis7 Leakey et al. 1964 human
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei7 Leakey 1959 australopithecine
Adenota
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"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki6
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki6 Schwartz 1932
1Black and Krishtalka 1986; 2Eisenmann 1983; 3Harris 1983; 4Harris 1983; 5Harris 1991; 6Harris 1991; 7Isaac 1997