West Turkana - Nasechebun I: Piacenzian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion hasumense Eisenmann 1983
2 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
1 specimen
1 specimen
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
1 specimen
Mammalia - Bovidae
1 specimen
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
1 specimen
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya State/province:Rift Valley County:West Turkana
Coordinates: 3.7° North, 35.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.8° North, 35.7° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Pliocene
*International age/stage:Piacenzian (minimum)
Key time interval: Piacenzian
Age range of interval: 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Nachukui Member:Kataboi
Local bed:below Tulu Bor Tuff
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Tulu Bor Tuff (stratigraphic scaling sets date at 3.36 +/- 0.04) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: diatomaceous, ETE lithology comments: also clay; see Kataboi Fauna
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:0 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KENYA N.M.
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 107, NS1, Nasechebun I,
Database number:21309
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1991-06-03 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1991-06-03 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
4454.ETE 88J. M. Harris, F.H. Brown, and M.G. Leakey. 1988. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of pliocene and Pleistocene Localities West of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 399:1-128 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]