List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus djourabensis
Lehmann et al. 2004
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cercopithecus sp.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Colobus sp.
Illiger 1811
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Thryonomyidae
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Thryonomys sp.
Fitzinger 1867
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Black 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Eisenmann 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Equus koobiforensis
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Eisenmann 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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Harris 1983 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Metridiochoerus compactus
Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
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Harris 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Metridiochoerus andrewsi
Hopwood 1926
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Harris 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Metridiochoerus hopwoodi
Leakey 1958
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Harris 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotherium sp.
Fabrini 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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cf. Megantereon sp.
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Panthera cf. crassidens
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta cf. crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Reptilia
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Euthecodon brumpti
(Joleaud 1920)
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Crocodylus niloticus
Laurenti 1768
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 3.9° North, 36.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.8° North, 35.9° East |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | indet. | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: composite age based on other members from which fossils have been recorded |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: . | |||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 40 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 122, 121, 88, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 177, Area 103-General, | ||
| Database number: | 21369 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-12 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-05 04:12:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-12 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4469. | ETE 104 | J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2:1-321 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 4762 | ETE 447 | C. C. Black. 1984. Systematics and Paleoecology of small vertebrates from the Plio-Pleistocene deposits east of Lake Turkana, Kenya. National Geographic Society Research Reports 16:111-113 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton] |
| 10216 | ETE | V. Eisenmann. 1983. Family Equidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:156-214 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton] |
| 10217 | ETE | J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Suidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:215-302 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton] |
| 10321 | ETE | J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Bovidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:139-320 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton] |
| 32592 | T. Lehmann. 2008. Plio-Pleistocene aardvarks (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from East Africa. Fossil Record 11(2):67-81 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |