West Turkana - Nariokotome region: Calabrian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Crocodylidae
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Crocodylidae indet.
Cuvier 1807
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| ETE occurrence; species: Crocodylidae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya | State/province: | Rift Valley | County: | West Turkana |
| Coordinates: | 4.2° North, 35.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.9° North, 35.8° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.8 - 0.774 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Omo | Formation: | Nachukui | Member: | Nariokotome |
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lower Nariokotome Tuff (1.33 +/- 0.03) and Kale Tuff(nearest date on underlying Silbo Tuff - 0.74 +/- 0.01) radiometric intage_min | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: coarse-grained, ETE lithology comments: also volcanic clast conglomerates and siltstones; poorly-sorted | |||
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: includes channel and beach deposits | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 0 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 140, Nariokotome region, | ||
| Database number: | 21341 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1992-04-01 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-04-01 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4454. | ETE 88 | J. 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] |