Also known as FxJj 20 East
Where: Kenya (4.2° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 36.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Okote Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• Maximum age= 1.64 +/- 0.03 Ma (Base of Okote Tuff, K/Ar and Ar/Ar dating);
•Minimum age = 1.4 Ma ( Chari Tuff, K/Ar and Ar/Ar dating).
•Datum plane is the Conglomeratic sandstone. Section extends -12.2 meters below datum plane.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; poorly lithified, bioturbated, pebbly, tuffaceous, calcareous sandstone and poorly lithified, bioturbated, tuffaceous, sandy, calcareous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32085: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Suzanne Cote on 04.06.2003, edited by Victoria Egerton
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Actinopteri | |
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish | |
Reptilia | |
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
Mammalia | |
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal | |
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent | |
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine | |
Cercocebus sp. Geoffroy 1812 monkey | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse | |
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis, Hippopotamus aethiopicus
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis Coryndon 1977 hippo
Hippopotamus aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975 hippo | |
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig | |
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu | |
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet | |
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean |