West Turkana - Lokalalei I: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
5 specimens
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
3 specimens
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
2 specimens
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
3 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947
1 specimen
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-med
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
2 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
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
1 specimen
Aepyceros cf. melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
3 specimens
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
2 specimens
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya State/province:Rift Valley County:West Turkana
Coordinates: 4.0° North, 35.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.9° 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:2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Nachukui Member:Kalochoro
Local bed:just above Kalochoro Tuff
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Kalochoro Tuff (2.36 +/- 0.05) and KBS Tuff (1.88 +/- 0.02) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: medium-fine grained, ETE lithology comments: also silt, clay, conglomerate; 40m of upward fining cycles with paleosols
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin 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 98, LA1, Lokalalei I,
Database number:21301
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 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]