East Turkana - Area 8A - KBS (Pleistocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 336, Area 8A - KBS,

Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 36.1° 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 (1.88+-.02), Min - Okote Tuff (1.64+-.03)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; burrowed sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: bioclastic, ETE lithology comments: mudstones

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 2:1-321 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21521: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 20.04.1994

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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
Equus indet.2, Hipparion cf. ethiopicum2, Hipparion sp.2
Equus indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum2 hipparionine horse
Hipparion sp.2 de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
H. sp. B
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi3, Metridiochoerus compactus3
Metridiochoerus andrewsi3 Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus compactus3 Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops4
Hippopotamus gorgops4 Dietrich 1928 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp.5, Giraffa pygmaea5
Giraffa sp.5 Brisson 1762 giraffe
Giraffa pygmaea5 Harris 1976 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Pelorovis turkanensis6, Tragelaphus strepsiceros6, Alcelaphini indet.6, Alcelaphini indet.6, "Damaliscus eppsi" = Parmularius eppsi6, Reduncini indet.6, Kobus aff. leche6, Kobus kob6
Pelorovis turkanensis6 Harris 1991 antelope
Tragelaphus strepsiceros6 Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Alcelaphini indet.6 Brookes 1876 antelope
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Alcelaphini indet.6 Brookes 1876 antelope
Small Alcelaphini dentitions
"Damaliscus eppsi" = Parmularius eppsi6 Harris 1991 antelope
Reduncini indet.6 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
Kobus aff. leche6 Gray 1850 antelope
Kobus kob6 Erxleben 1777 kob
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sp.7
Homo sp.7 Linnaeus 1758 human
1Beden 1983; 2Eisenmann 1983; 3Harris 1983; 4Harris 1991; 5Harris 1991; 6Harris 1991; 7Isaac 1997