East Turkana - Area 202 - Tulu Bor (Pliocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 345, Area 202 - Tulu Bor,

Where: Kenya (3.8° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Tulu Bor Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tulu Bor Tuff (3.36+-.04ma), Min = Burgi Tuff (2.68+-.06ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: floodplain lakes
• ETE rock type adj: medium-fine, ETE lithology comments: mudstones, basal conglomerate, fining-upward cycles

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; 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

PaleoDB collection 21530: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 17.05.1994, edited by Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp.3
Giraffa sp.3 Brisson 1762 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Simatherium cf. kohllarseni4, Tragelaphini indet.4, Tragelaphus nakuae4, Reduncini indet.4, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera4, Kobus oricornis4, Kobus aff. kob1, Kobus sigmoidalis4, Menelikia leakeyi4, Parmularius cf. angusticornis4
Tragelaphini indet.4 Blyth 1863 antelope
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Tragelaphus nakuae4 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Reduncini indet.4 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Reducini gen. and sp. indet.
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera4 Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
Kobus oricornis4 antelope
Kobus aff. kob1 Erxleben 1777 kob
Kobus sigmoidalis4 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Menelikia leakeyi4 Harris 1991 antelope
Parmularius cf. angusticornis4 Schwarz 1937 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius2
 Tribosphenida - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium3
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium3 Pomel 1893 placental
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecoides kimeui
Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey 1982 monkey
Adenota
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"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki4
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki4 Schwartz 1932
1Harris 1983; 2Harris 1991; 3Harris 1991; 4Harris 1991