East Turkana - Area 131 - General (Pliocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 320, Area 131 - General,

Where: Kenya (4.2° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° N, 36.1° 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: Max = Lokalalei Tuff, Min = Chari Tuff

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: ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21506: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
cf. Aonyx sp.
cf. Aonyx sp. Lesson 1827 clawless otter
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta cf. crocuta
Crocuta cf. crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet., Cercopithecidae indet., Theropithecus oswaldi, Papio sp., Cercopithecoides sp.
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: Colobinae B-E.Turk
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae A-E.Turk
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon
Cercopithecoides sp. Mollett 1947 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-E.Turkana