West Turkana - Nariokotome II: Calabrian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
1 specimen
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya State/province:Rift Valley County:West Turkana
Coordinates: 4.3° North, 35.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.0° North, 35.8° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Calabrian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Epoch:Early/Lower Pleistocene
*International age/stage:Calabrian (minimum)
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:Natoo
Local bed:below Chari Tuff
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lower Koobi Fora Tuff (=Okote Tuff; 1.64 +/- 0.03) &Lower Nariokotome Tuff (1.33 +/- 0.03) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown,yellow sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: pale yellow-brown, ETE lithology comments: also silt; see Natoo Fauna
Environment:lacustrine - small Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: see Natoo Fauna
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: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 150, NK2, Nariokotome II,
Database number:21351
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1991-06-13 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1991-06-13 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]