East Turkana - Area 1A - Okote (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 328, Area 1A - Okote,

Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° N, 36.2° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Okote Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Okote tuff, Min = Chari Tuff radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; mudstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: ephemeral lacustrine
• ETE rock type adj: red, analcimic, ETE lithology comments: white dolomite band, upward-fining cycles

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 88, ; 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 2:1-321 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]more details

PaleoDB collection 21514: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 22.04.1994, edited by Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium4
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium4 Pomel 1893 placental
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum1 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus hopwoodi2 Leakey 1958 pig
Metridiochoerus compactus2 Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes2 Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops3 Dietrich 1928 hippo
Hexaprotodon aethiopicus3 Coryndon and Coppens 1975 pygmy hippo
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp.4 Brisson 1762 giraffe
Giraffa pygmaea4 Harris 1976 giraffe
Giraffa jumae4 Leakey 1967 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Pelorovis turkanensis5 Harris 1991 antelope
Pelorovis oldowayensis5 Reck 1928 antelope
Tragelaphini indet.5 Blyth 1863 antelope
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Tragelaphus strepsiceros5 Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Alcelaphini indet.5 Brookes 1876 antelope
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Connochaetes gentryi5 Harris 1991 wildebeest
Reduncini indet.5 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
Kobus kob5 Erxleben 1777 kob
Kobus sigmoidalis5 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Menelikia lyrocera5 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Aepyceros melampus5 Lichtenstein 1812 impala
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.6 Gray 1825 ape
Hominidae gen. et sp. indet.
Homo cf. erectus6 Dubois 1892 human