West Turkana - Lower Lomekwi region: Gelasian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Hominidae indet.
Gray 1825
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ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae | ||||||||||
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 Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene |
*International age/stage: | Gelasian (minimum) | ||
Key time interval: | Gelasian | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 1.8 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: 1202 facies - "volcanic clast conglomerates & poorly-sorted, sandy siltstones" & "sandstones grading upward into silt & clay | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: numerous fining-upward cycles |
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 78, Lower Lomekwi region, | ||
Database number: | 21281 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
Modifier: | V. Egerton | ||
Created: | 1992-04-01 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2004-04-06 15:38:32 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-04-01 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4454. | ETE 88 | J. 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] |