List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| ETE occurrence; species: Colobinae B-E.Turk | ||||||||||
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Cercopithecidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae A-E.Turk | ||||||||||
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Cercopithecoides sp.
Mollett 1947
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| ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-E.Turkana | ||||||||||
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Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Papio sp.
Erxleben 1777
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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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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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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cf. Aonyx sp.
Lesson 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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Harris 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 4.2° North, 36.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.0° North, 36.1° East |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | indet. | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max = Lokalalei Tuff, Min = Chari Tuff |
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: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 15 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 320, Area 131 - General, | ||
| Database number: | 21506 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | ||
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-05 04:52:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4447. | ETE 81 | M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |