East Turkana - Area 110 - Upper Burgi: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Lannea welwitschii
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus euphratica
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Croton haumanianus
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Milletia dura
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Acacia meillifera
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Acacia nilotica
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Acacia meillifora
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Zizyphus abyssinica
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Angiospermae - Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Canthium sp. Lamarck 1783
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Tabernaemontana sp. Linnaeus 1753
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Combretaceae
Terminalia prunioides
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
Harris 1983 1 specimen
unclassified
Hemicypris sp.
Stenocypris sp.
Cathormion sp.
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Cola lateritia
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Brachystegia sp.
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Salacia sp.
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Brachylaena hutchisii
ETE occurrence; species: pollen
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Ilyocyprididae
Ilyocypris sp. Brady and Norman 1889
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Darwinulidae
Darwinula stevensoni (Brady and Robertson 1870)
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cyprideis torosa
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 3.9° North, 36.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.8° North, 36.1° East
Geographic resolution:basin
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
Formation:Koobi Fora Member:Upper Burgi
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: age based on Lokalalei and KBS Tuffs radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,red or brown claystone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: light-colored, ETE lithology comments: dark olive claystones, siltstones, fine and med-grained sandstones
Environment:lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deltaic in upper part of member, based on pollen
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:19 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 88, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 214, Area 110 - Upper Burgi,
Database number:21401
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, V. Egerton
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1993-03-04 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1993-03-04 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4469.ETE 104J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2:1-321 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

10217ETE 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]