West Turkana - Kangatukuseo III: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-medium
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
2 specimens
Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus boisei Leakey 1959
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya State/province:Rift Valley County:West Turkana
Coordinates: 3.9° North, 35.8° 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: 2.58 - 1.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Nachukui Member:Lomekwi
Local bed:above Emekwi Tuff/ below Lokal
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: intercalated basalt pebble conglomerates
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: alluvial fan deposits
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: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 145, KU3, Kangatukuseo III,
Database number:21346
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1991-06-13 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1991-06-13 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]