West Turkana - GaJh 5: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia size 2
Mammalia - Bovidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size 2
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 4.0° North, 35.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.4° North, 35.4° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Gelasian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*International age/stage:Gelasian - Gelasian
Key time interval: Gelasian
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 1.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Nachukui Member:Kalochoro
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age Kalachoro Tuff ;min age = KBS Tuff (1.88 +/- .02) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty claystone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: sharp cont bet slty clyst&grav
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "large, meandering proto-Omo river"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:3415 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 929, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1172, GaJh 5, GaJh 5,
Database number:22348
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1999-08-23 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-23 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
5551.ETE 1289M. Kibunjia. 1994. Pliocene archaeological occurences in the Lake Turkana basin. Journal of Human Evolution 27:159-171 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]