West Turkana - Lomekwi IX: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947
3 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Mungos dietrichi
2 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion hasumense Eisenmann 1983
1 specimen
recombined as Eurygnathohippus hasumense
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
1 specimen
Mammalia - Bovidae
Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985
5 specimens
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-med
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
5 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm
cf. Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932
1 specimen
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-medium
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.B-W.Turkana
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.D-W.Turkana
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
1 specimen
Caprini indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Caprini C-W.Turkana
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Turkana sp. nov.
Gazella janenschi
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
5 specimens
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
2 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
2 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
2 specimens
original and current combination Adenota recki
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya State/province:Rift Valley County:West Turkana
Coordinates: 3.9° North, 35.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.8° North, 35.5° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Gelasian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Pliocene
*International age/stage:Gelasian (minimum)
Key time interval:Gelasian
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Nachukui Member:Lomekwi
Local bed:below Emekwi Tuff
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lokalalei Tuff (2.52 +/- 0.05) and Tulu Bor Tuff (3.36 +/- 0.04) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: also silt and clay, volcanic clast cong-lomerates; see Middle Lomekwi Fauna for details.
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:0 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KENYA N.M.
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 77, LO9, Lomekwi IX,
Database number:21280
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1991-05-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1991-05-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4454.ETE 88J. M. Harris, F.H. Brown, and M.G. Leakey. 1988. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of pliocene and Pleistocene Localities West of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 399:1-128 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]