West Turkana - GaJh 5 (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1172, GaJh 5, GaJh 5,

Where: Kenya (4.0° N, 35.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.9° N, 35.2° E)

When: Kalochoro Member (Nachukui Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age Kalachoro Tuff ;min age = KBS Tuff (1.88 +/- .02) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; silty claystone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "large, meandering proto-Omo river"
• ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: sharp cont bet slty clyst&grav

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 929, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: M. Kibunjia. 1994. Pliocene archaeological occurences in the Lake Turkana basin. Journal of Human Evolution 27:159-171 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22348: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia size 2
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
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Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size 2