East Turkana - Area 100 - Upper Burgi: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sindacharax sp.
Leakey 1982
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
Beden 1983 1 specimen
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
E. recki shungurensis
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
Beden 1983 4 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
E. recki atavus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
Eisenmann 1983 2 specimens
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Eisenmann 1983 2 specimens
Equus koobiforensis
Eisenmann 1983 3 specimens
Equus cf. koobiforensis
Eisenmann 1983 2 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
Harris 1983 2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: germanoafricanum
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus modestus (van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932)
Harris 1983 1 specimen
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
Harris 1983 8 specimens
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Harris 1983 10 specimens
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
Harris 1983 5 specimens
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Giraffa pygmaea Harris 1976
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Bovini gen. and sp. indet.
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947
Harris 1991 2 specimens
cf. Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847
Harris 1991 3 specimens
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
Harris 1991 8 specimens
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Connochaetes gentryi Harris 1991
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Megalotragus isaaci
Harris 1991 3 specimens
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
Harris 1991 10 specimens
Reducini gen. and sp. indet.
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 7 specimens
Kobus aff. leche Gray 1850
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 10 specimens
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Harris 1991 5 specimens
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Pelorovis turkanensis Harris 1991
Harris 1991 3 specimens
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
Leakey 1982
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982
Leakey 1982
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-E.Turkana
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Leakey 1982
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
original and current combination Adenota recki
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 4.0° North, 36.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.9° North, 36.1° East
Geographic resolution:basin
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:2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Koobi Fora Member:Upper Burgi
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Lokalalei and KBS tuffs radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown claystone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: light-colored, ETE lithology comments: thick, upward-coarsening, detrital clastic and bioclastic beds, siltstone, sandstones
Environment:fluvial-deltaic indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deltaic conditions in upper part, deep lake in low
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:112 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 88, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 271, Area 100 - Upper Burgi,
Database number:21457
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, V. Egerton
Modifier:G. Varnham
Created:1993-01-25 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-04-05 05:09:04
Access level:the public Released:1993-01-25 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 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]

Secondary references:

10215ETE 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]
10216ETE 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]
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]
10231ETE 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]
10320ETE 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]
10321ETE 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]
4447ETE 81M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]