List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Paramularius sp.
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Bunn 1997 | 17 specimens | ||||||||
| Non-identifiable | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bunn 1997 | 19 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bunn 1997 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Damaliscus sp.
Sclater and Thomas 1894
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Gazella granti
Brooke 1872
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| recombined as Nanger granti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus boisei
Leakey 1959
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Bunn 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Paranthropus boisei | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 4.2° North, 36.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.1° North, 36.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Omo | Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | KBS |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Maximum age= 1.88 Ma (KBS Tuff, K/Ar and Ar/Ar dating);
Minimum age= 1.64 +/-0.03 Ma (Base of Okote Tuff, K/Ar and Ar/Ar dating) Datum is plane is Sheet Sandstone. Section extends from 0 to -4 meters below datum plane. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation,tuffaceous poorly lithified silty,sandy sandstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: Matrix of coarse sands, gravels, and fine tuffaceous silt, in which large carbonate concretions had grown to from a caliche horizon comprised of a lobate network. | |||
| Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: Site located in sediments representing final infilling of south-west flowing floodplain channel. Fauna suggests mixture of savanna, forest or bush, and aquatic habitats. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -multiple events |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,sieve,field collection |
| Collection size: | 32 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collecting is biased. Excavation started after hominid specimen KNM ER 1806 found on surface. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Taxonomic list taken from Isaac (1997) page 420. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | FxJj38 East | ||
| Database number: | 32080 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | S. Cote, V. Egerton |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-06-04 07:18:57 | Last modified: | 2022-04-05 05:03:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-04 07:18:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8610. | ETE | G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote] |
Secondary references:
| 12011 | R. B. Blodgett and A. G. Cook. 2002. Cheeneetnukiidae, a new Middle Devonian murchisonioid gastropod family, including the new genera Cheeneetnukia and Ulungaratoconcha based on representatives from Alaska and Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(1):17-28 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 10211 | ETE | H. T. Bunn. 1997. The bone assemblages from the excavated sites. Koobi Fora Research Project: Plio-Pleistoene Archaeology 5:402-458 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton] |