Olorgesailie - HBS (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 638, Land Surface 2, Olorgesailie - HBS,

Where: Kenya (1.6° S, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 1.6° S, 36.4° E)

When: 1 Member (Olorgesailie Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: dates from pers. comm. with R. Potts radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvialyellow

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: floodplain
• ETE rock type adj: yellow-volcanic, ETE lithology comments: diatomaceous siltstone, adjacent to rocky penninsula overlain by diatomites and minor ashfalls

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: C. P. Koch. 1986. The Vertebrate Taphonomy and Paleoecology of the Olorgesailie Formation (Middle Pleistocene, Kenya). [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 21820: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Equidae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae