East Turkana - Area 12 - Upper Burgi: Gelasian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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Harris 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: germanoafricanum | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Metridiochoerus hopwoodi
Leakey 1958
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Harris 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Metridiochoerus andrewsi
Hopwood 1926
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Harris 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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Harris 1983 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Notochoerus scotti
(Leakey 1943)
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Harris 1983 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa sp.
Brisson 1762
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Giraffa pygmaea
Harris 1976
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella praethomsoni
Arambourg 1947
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Aepyceros melampus
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Megalotragus isaaci
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Harris 1991 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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Harris 1991 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet. | ||||||||||
Menelikia lyrocera
Arambourg 1941
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Harris 1991 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Tragelaphini indet.
Blyth 1863
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet. | ||||||||||
Tragelaphus nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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Harris 1991 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Kenya |
Coordinates: | 4.3° North, 36.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 4.2° 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: | siltstone | ||
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: upward-coarsening, interbedded bioclastic units | |||
Environment: | lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deltaic infilling |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 33 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 123, 88, ; ETE museum list: MUSEUMS OF, NATIONAL |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 285, Area 12 - Upper Burgi, | ||
Database number: | 21471 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
Created: | 1993-02-01 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-01 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:
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] |
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] |
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] |