East Turkana - Area 130 - Upper Burgi: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Eisenmann 1983 2 specimens
H. sp. B
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Equus koobiforensis
Eisenmann 1983 5 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
Harris 1983 1 specimen
C. simum germanoafricanum
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon karumensis Coryndon 1977
Harris 1991 8 specimens
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
Harris 1991 3 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
Harris 1983 35 specimens
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
Harris 1983 10 specimens
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Harris 1983 69 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Damaliscus eppsi Harris 1991
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Megalotragus isaaci Harris 1991
Harris 1991 4 specimens
Beatragus antiquus Leakey 1965
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Connochaetes gentryi Harris 1991
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
Harris 1991 15 specimens
Reducini gen. and sp. indet.
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 2 specimens
? Kobus sp. Smith 1840
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Kobus kob (Erxleben 1777)
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 36 specimens
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Gazella cf. janenschi
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Harris 1991 4 specimens
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
"Tragelaphus aff. T. strepsiceros maryanus"
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Pelorovis turkanensis Harris 1991
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
Isaac 1997 2
Hominidae gen. et sp. indet.
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Isaac 1997 1 specimen
Homo aff. erectus (Dubois 1892)
Isaac 1997 1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollet 1947
1 specimen
Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey 1982
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov.
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970
Beden 1983 1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: kararae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
Beden 1983 8 specimens
E. recki shungurensis
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Harris 1983 1 specimen
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 4.2° North, 36.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.1° North, 36.2° East
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Gelasian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
*International age/stage:Gelasian (minimum)
Key time interval: Gelasian
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 1.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Koobi Fora Member:Upper Burgi
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max = Lokalalei tuff, min = KBS Tuff radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: lenticular, ETE lithology comments: mudstone, basaltic conglomerate
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: basin margin or "alluvialfan" facies
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:0 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 234, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 317, Area 130 - Upper Burgi,
Database number:21503
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, V. Egerton
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Collections that are a subset of this one:32116
Created:1993-06-10 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1993-06-10 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4447.ETE 81M. 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:

10215ETE M. Beden. 1983. Family Elephantidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:40-129 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10216ETE 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]
10214ETE J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Deinotheriidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:22-39 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10217ETE 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]
10231ETE J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Rhinocerotidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:130-155 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10318ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Hippopotamidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:31-85 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10320ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Giraffidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:93-138 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10321ETE 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]
8610ETE G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote]