East Turkana - Area 6A - KBS (Pleistocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 329, Area 6A - KBS,

Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 36.0° 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-lacustrine; burrowed sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: ephemeral lacustrine
• ETE rock type adj: bioclastic, ETE lithology comments: .

Size class: macrofossils

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 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21515: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.09.1993, edited by Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1 Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ileretensis
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum2, Equus indet.2, Equus koobiforensis2, Equus cf. tabeti2
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum2 hipparionine horse
Equus indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus cf. tabeti2 Arambourg 1970 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis4, Ceratotherium simum4
Diceros bicornis4 Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum4 Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: germanoafricanum
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon aethiopicus5, Hippopotamus gorgops5
Hexaprotodon aethiopicus5 Coryndon and Coppens 1975 pygmy hippo
Hippopotamus gorgops5 Dietrich 1928 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus modestus3, Metridiochoerus hopwoodi3, Metridiochoerus andrewsi3, Kolpochoerus limnetes3
Metridiochoerus modestus3 van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Metridiochoerus hopwoodi3 Leakey 1958 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi3 Hopwood 1926 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes3 Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp.6, Giraffa stillei6
Giraffa sp.6 Brisson 1762 giraffe
Giraffa stillei6 Arambourg 1947 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Aepyceros melampus7, Oryx sp.7, Alcelaphini indet.7, Alcelaphini indet.7, Damaliscus eppsi7, Megalotragus isaaci7, Reduncini indet.7, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera7, Kobus kob7, Menelikia lyrocera7, Tragelaphini indet.7, Pelorovis turkanensis7, Pelorovis oldowayensis7
Aepyceros melampus7 Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Oryx sp.7 de Blainville 1816 oryx
Alcelaphini indet.7 Brookes 1876 antelope
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Alcelaphini indet.7 Brookes 1876 antelope
Small Alcelaphini dentitions
Damaliscus eppsi7 Harris 1991 antelope
Reduncini indet.7 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera7 Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
Kobus kob7 Erxleben 1777 kob
Menelikia lyrocera7 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Tragelaphini indet.7 Blyth 1863 antelope
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Pelorovis turkanensis7 Harris 1991 antelope
Pelorovis oldowayensis7 Reck 1928 antelope
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.8, "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei8, "Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei8
Hominidae indet.8 Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei8 Leakey 1959 australopithecine
"Australopithecus cf. boisei" = Paranthropus boisei8 Leakey 1959 australopithecine
Adenota
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"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki7
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki7 Schwartz 1932
1Beden 1983; 2Eisenmann 1983; 3Harris 1983; 4Harris 1983; 5Harris 1991; 6Harris 1991; 7Harris 1991; 8Isaac 1997