West Turkana - Kalochoro V: Calabrian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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2 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Pelorovis sp.
Reck 1928
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Metridiochoerus compactus
Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Kenya | State/province: | Rift Valley | County: | West Turkana |
Coordinates: | 4.2° North, 35.8° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 4.1° North, 35.7° East |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Pleistocene |
*International age/stage: | Calabrian (minimum) | ||
Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | red or brown,yellow sandstone | ||
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: pale yellow-brown, ETE lithology comments: also silt; see Natoo Fauna | |||
Environment: | lacustrine - small | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: upward fining 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 95, KL5, Kalochoro V, | ||
Database number: | 21298 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
Created: | 1991-05-31 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1991-05-31 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] |