West Turkana - Kalochoro region: Gelasian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Pelorovis sp.
Reck 1928
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Metridiochoerus compactus
Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
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Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Euthecodon brumpti
(Joleaud 1920)
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya | State/province: | Rift Valley | County: | West Turkana |
| Coordinates: | 4.2° North, 35.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.1° North, 35.5° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Gelasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | 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: | planar lamination sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: fine-medium grained, ETE lithology comments: also silt, clay, conglomerate, and dolo-mite; upward fining cycles | |||
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: refers to fossiliferous upper part; fluvial lower | |||
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 97, Kalochoro region, | ||
| Database number: | 21300 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
| Created: | 1992-04-01 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
| 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] |