East Turkana - Area 101 - KBS: Gelasian - Calabrian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Harris 1983 1 specimen
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Harris 1983 1 specimen
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
Harris 1983 1 specimen
Harris 1983 2 specimens
Harris 1983 3 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Damaliscus eppsi Harris 1991
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Beatragus antiquus Leakey 1965
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Kobus kob (Erxleben 1777)
Harris 1991 3 specimens
Kobus ancystrocera (Arambourg 1947)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Eisenmann 1983 2 specimens
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
H. sp. B
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
Harris 1991 4 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 3.9° North, 36.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.3° North, 36.1° East (Wright 2013)
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Gelasian - Calabrian 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: 2.58 - 0.774 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 carbonates, mudstones, pedogenesis
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: ephemeral, shallow lacustrine
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:38 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 124, 122, 88, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 272, Area 101 - KBS,
Database number:21458
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, V. Egerton
Modifier:G. Varnham
Created:1993-01-25 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1993-01-25 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
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:

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]
10214ETE 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]
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]