West Turkana - Kangatukuseo II: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-lg.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-sm.
1 specimen
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947
4 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
1 specimen
Mammalia - Bovidae
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-medium
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-small
Menelikia sp. Arambourg 1941
2 specimens
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.B-W.Turkana
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.D-W.Turkana
2 specimens
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.A-W.Turkana
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.C-W.Turkana
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
4 specimens
1 specimen
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Connochaetes sp. (Lichtenstein 1812)
2 specimens
2 specimens
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Turkana sp. nov.
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
5 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
1 specimen
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
5 specimens
Kolpochoerus majus (Hopwood 1934)
1 specimen
7 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion hasumense Eisenmann 1983
4 specimens
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya State/province:Rift Valley County:West Turkana
Coordinates: 3.9° North, 35.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.3° North, 35.7° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Gelasian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper 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
Geological group:Omo Formation:Nachukui Member:Lomekwi/Lokalalei
Local bed:below/just above Lokala- lei T
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Kalochoro Tuff (2.36 +/- 0.05) and Tulu Bor Tuff (3.36 +/- 0.04) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: see Upper Lomekwi and Lokalalei Faunas
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: upward fining cycles in- cludes paleosols
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 144, KU2, Kangatukuseo II,
Database number:21345
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1991-06-12 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1991-06-12 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]