East Turkana - Area 116 - Upper Burgi: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sindacharax sp.
Hemicypris sp.
1 specimen
Megalocypris durbani
1 specimen
Cathormion sp.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: gallery forest
Cola lateritia
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: gallery forest
Brachystegia sp.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: miombo woodland
Salacia sp.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: dry,decid. woodland
Brachylaena hutchisii
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: dry,decid.woodland
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Lannea welwitschii
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: gallery forest
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Croton haumanianus
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: gallery forest
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus euphratica
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: alkaline pans
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Acacia meillifera
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: herb
Acacia nilotica
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: wooded savanna
Milletia dura
1 specimen
original and current combination Millettia
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: arboreal
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Zizyphus abyssinica
1 specimen
original and current combination Ziziphus
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Combretaceae
Terminalia prunioides
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: herb
Angiospermae - Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Canthium sp. Lamarck 1783
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: herb
Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Tabernaemontana sp. Linnaeus
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: gallery forest
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cyprideis torosa
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo habilis Leakey et al. 1964
Isaac 1997 1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Equus koobiforensis
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
Harris 1983 1 specimen
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
Harris 1983 4 specimens
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
Harris 1983 2 specimens
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Harris 1983 7 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon karumensis Coryndon 1977
Harris 1991 4 specimens
recombined as Hippopotamus karumensis
Hexaprotodon aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Megalotragus isaaci
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Connochaetes gentryi Harris 1991
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
Harris 1991 3 specimens
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Bovini indet. Gray 1821
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Bovini gen. and sp. indet.
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Harris 1983 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus niloticus
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Harris 1991 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 4.1° North, 36.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.5° North, 36.1° East
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Gelasian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
*International age/stage:Gelasian (minimum)
Key time interval:Gelasian
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Koobi Fora Member:Upper Burgi
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Lokalalei tuff, Min = KBS Tuff 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 claystone, fine and medium grained sandstone, siltstone
Environment:lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: upper member=deltaic, pollen suggests lacustrine
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:123 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 17, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 292, Area 116 - Upper Burgi,
Database number:21478
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1993-05-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1993-05-19 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:

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]
10318ETE 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]
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]
8610ETE G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote]