PBDB Collection

East Turkana - Area 103 - KBS: Gelasian - Calabrian, Kenya

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Sindacharax sp.

	Labeo sp.	Schwartz 1983	6 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

	Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959		14 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae

	Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926	Harris 1983	32 specimens

	Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932	Beden 1983	6 specimens

	Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)	Harris 1983	31 specimens

	Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)	Harris 1983	1 specimen
	original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Mammalia - Giraffidae

	Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762	Harris 1991	11 specimens

	Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947	Harris 1991	1 specimen

	Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967	Harris 1991	3 specimens

	Giraffa pygmaea Harris 1976	Harris 1991	6 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae

	Madoqua sp. Ogilby 1837	Harris 1991	1 specimen

	Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827	Harris 1991	2 specimens
	originally entered as "Raphiceras sp."

	Damaliscus cf. niro (Hopwood 1936)	Harris 1991	1 specimen
	original and current combination Hippotragus niro

	Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965	Harris 1991	1 specimen

	Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)	Harris 1991	4 specimens

	Alcelaphini informal indet. medium Brookes 1876	Harris 1991	12 specimens
	Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions

	Alcelaphini informal indet. small Brookes 1876	Harris 1991	5 specimens
	Small Alcelaphini dentitions

	Parmularius cf. altidens Hopwood 1934	Harris 1991	1 specimen

	Beatragus antiquus Leakey 1965	Harris 1991	3 specimens

	Connochaetes gentryi Harris 1991	Harris 1991	3 specimens

	Damaliscus eppsi Harris 1991	Harris 1991	23 specimens

	Megalotragus isaaci	Harris 1991	5 specimens

	Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907	Harris 1991	6 specimens
	Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.

	Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941	Harris 1991	14 specimens

	Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby 1833)	Harris 1991	2 specimens
	original and current combination Antilope ellipsiprymnus

	Kobus kob (Erxleben 1777)	Harris 1991	10 specimens

	Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941	Harris 1991	13 specimens

	Kobus ancystrocera (Arambourg 1947)	Harris 1991	16 specimens
	original and current combination Redunca ancystrocera

	Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816	Harris 1991	5 specimens

	Gazella cf. janenschi	Harris 1991	1 specimen

	Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947	Harris 1991	2 specimens

	Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863	Harris 1991	2 specimens
	Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.

	Tragelaphus aff. strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)	Harris 1991	3 specimens
	"Tragelaphus aff. T. strepsiceros maryanus"

	Pelorovis turkanensis Harris 1991	Harris 1991	9 specimens

	Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck 1928	Harris 1991	2 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

	Hexaprotodon aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975	Harris 1991	13 specimens

	Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928	Harris 1991	3 specimens

	Hexaprotodon karumensis Coryndon 1977	Harris 1991	21 specimens
	recombined as Hippopotamus karumensis
Mammalia - Sivatheridae

	Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)	Harris 1991	5 specimens
	original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	Hipparion indet. de Christol 1832	Eisenmann 1983	1 specimen

	Hipparion cf. ethiopicum	Eisenmann 1983	8 specimens

	Equus indet. Linnaeus 1758	Eisenmann 1983	22 specimens

	Equus koobiforensis	Eisenmann 1983	1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

	Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)	Harris 1983	1 specimen
	ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: germanoafricanum
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

	Hominidae indet. Gray 1825	Isaac 1997	2 specimens
	Hominidae gen. et sp. indet.

	Homo cf. erectus (Dubois 1892)	Isaac 1997	2 specimens

	Australopithecus boisei Leakey 1959	Isaac 1997	2 specimens
	recombined as Paranthropus boisei
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae

	Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934	Harris 1983	2 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

	Elephas informal recki atavus	Beden 1983	5 specimens
	ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus

	Elephas informal recki ileretensis	Beden 1983	5 specimens
	ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ileretensis
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae

	Gymnarchus niloticus	Schwartz 1983	2 specimens
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae

	Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816	Schwartz 1983	3 specimens
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae

	Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

	Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816	Schwartz 1983	11 specimens
unclassified

	Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)	Harris 1991	8 specimens
	original and current combination Adenota recki
see common names

Geography

Country:	Kenya
Coordinates:	3.9° North, 36.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	3.8° North, 36.0° East
Geographic resolution:	basin

Time

Period:	Quaternary	Epoch:	Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 6
*Period:	Tertiary	*Epoch:	Late/Upper Pliocene
*International age/stage:	Calabrian (minimum)
Key time interval:	Gelasian - Calabrian
Age range of interval:	2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Koobi Fora	Member:	KBS
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: KBS and Okote Tuffs radiometric intage_min

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: bioclastic carbonate, mudstones, pedogenesis, caliche
Environment:	wet floodplain	Tectonic setting:	rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	surface (in situ)
Collection size:	405 specimens
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 108, 107, 106, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA

Metadata

Also known as:

ETE Locality 175, Area 103-KBS,

Database number:

21367

Authorizer:

A. Behrensmeyer

Enterer:

A. Behrensmeyer, V. Egerton

Modifier:

G. Varnham

Collections that are a subset of this one:

32122

Created:

1993-02-12 00:00:00

Last modified:

2022-04-05 04:34:23

Access level:

the public

Released:

1993-02-12 00:00:00

Creative Commons license:

CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

4469.

ETE 104

J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]

Secondary references:

10215	ETE	M. Beden. 1983. Family Elephantidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:40-129 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10216	ETE	V. Eisenmann. 1983. Family Equidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:156-214 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10231	ETE	J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Rhinocerotidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:130-155 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10214	ETE	J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Deinotheriidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:22-39 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10217	ETE	J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Suidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:215-302 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10318	ETE	J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Hippopotamidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:31-85 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10320	ETE	J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Giraffidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:93-138 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10321	ETE	J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Bovidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:139-320 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
8610	ETE	G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote]
4760	ETE 445	H. L. Schwartz. 1983. Paleoecology of Late Cenozoic Fishes from the Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]