East Turkana - Area 117 - Tulu Bor: Piacenzian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Hominidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Isaac 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Hominidae gen. et sp. indet. | ||||||||||
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Australopithecus sp.
Dart 1925
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Isaac 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa sp.
Brisson 1762
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Harris 1991 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Giraffa pygmaea
Harris 1976
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Giraffa stillei
Arambourg 1947
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella praethomsoni
Arambourg 1947
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Harris 1991 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Megalotragus sp.
van Hoepen 1932
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Harris 1991 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Connochaetes cf. gentryi
Harris 1991
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Harris 1991 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Damaliscus cf. eppsi
Harris 1991
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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Harris 1991 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| Reducini gen. and sp. indet. | ||||||||||
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Kobus oricornis
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Harris 1991 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Kobus aff. kob
(Erxleben 1777)
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Kobus sigmoidalis
Arambourg 1941
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Harris 1991 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Kobus ancystrocera
(Arambourg 1947)
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Harris 1991 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Redunca ancystrocera | ||||||||||
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Aepyceros shungurae
Gentry 1985
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Tragelaphini indet.
Blyth 1863
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Harris 1991 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet. | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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Harris 1991 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
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Simatherium cf. kohllarseni
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Harris 1991 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
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Harris 1991 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
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Hippopotamus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Harris 1991 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sivatheridae
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Sivatherium maurusium
(Pomel 1893)
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Libytherium maurusium | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 4.1° North, 36.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.8° North, 36.0° East |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| *International age/stage: | Piacenzian (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | Tulu Bor | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tulu Bor Tuff, Min = Burgi Tuff radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification",planar lamination sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: fine, ETE lithology comments: fining-upward cycles to yellow-brown silts, brown claystones, pedogenesis | |||
| Environment: | wet floodplain | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Lokeridede Lake complex - top of member | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 69 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 231, ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 298, Area 117 - Tulu Bor, | ||
| Database number: | 21484 | ||
| 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 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:
| 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] |
| 4730 | ETE 409 | J. M. Harris. 1991. Koobi Fora Research Project, Vol III, The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls and Paleoenvironments. Oxford University Press, New York [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |
| 10318 | ETE | 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] |
| 10319 | ETE | J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Camelidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:86-92 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton] |
| 8610 | ETE | G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote] |