Olorgesailie - I 3 (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 651, Olorgesailie - I 3,

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

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Best age estimate is .990 Ma (personal communication with R. Potts) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: dry floodplain; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: dry_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: well-drained slope of tip of rocky peninsula
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: series of units, artifacts assoc. with irreg. surf. on lam diatomite, covered by massive, root-marked diatoma silts

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 484, 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 21833: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.03.1996, edited by Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Homoioceras sp.
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Testudinidae
Aves
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Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp.
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet., Equus sp., Hipparion sp.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium sp.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868 white rhino
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet., Metridiochoerus sp., Metridiochoerus compactus
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Metridiochoerus sp. Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet.
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Giraffidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Reduncini indet., Redunca sp., Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphus sp., Connochaetes sp., Bovini indet.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet., Hippopotamus sp., Hippopotamus gorgops
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
Amphibia
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Amphibia indet.
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
Pisces
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"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish