Olorgesailie - H/9: Pleistocene, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Homoioceras sp.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Palorovis sp.
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
138 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
15 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Siluriformes
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
9 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Amphibia
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
1819 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
Isaac 1977
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus sp. Geoffroy 1843
18 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
15 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821
27 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
11 specimens
Equus grevyi Oustalet 1882
1 specimen
recombined as Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: . originally entered as "Equus gravi"
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Metridiochoerus sp. Hopwood 1926
4 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821
29 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
3 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
16 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Redunca sp. Smith 1827
3 specimens
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
2 specimens
Bovini indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Viverridae
Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758
5 specimens
Mammalia - Insectivora
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Isaac 1977
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Chelonia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reptilia
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanidae indet. Hardwicke and Gray 1824
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Varanidae
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
7 specimens
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
12 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777
36 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 1.6° South, 36.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.6° South, 36.4° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Quaternary - Quaternary *Epoch:Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Olorgesailie Member:7
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: erosion runnels filled with sand and silt lenses
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: braided stream channel ~ 3 km from lake
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:2184 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 488, 487, 485, 483, 482, 481, 479, 478, 477, 456, 454, 121, 81, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 661, H/9 A, H/9 AM, Olorgesailie - H/9,
Database number:21843
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, V. Egerton
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1996-03-13 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1996-03-13 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4919.ETE 631C. P. Koch. 1986. The Vertebrate Taphonomy and Paleoecology of the Olorgesailie Formation (Middle Pleistocene, Kenya). [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

4870ETE 580G. L. Isaac. 1977. Olorgesailie: Archaeological Studies of a Middle Pleistocene Lake Basin in Kenya. University of Chicago Press, Chicago [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]
4871ETE 581G. L. Isaac. 1978. The Olorgesailie Formation: stratigraphy, tectonics and the paleogeographic context of the middle Pleistocene archaeological sites. In: Bishop, W. W. 1978. Geological Background to Fossil Man. London. Scottish Academic Press [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]