West Turkana - Lomekwi I: 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 - Primates - Hominidae
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-med.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-sm.
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982
1 specimen
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947
12 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
1 specimen
Mammalia - Bovidae
Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965
1 specimen
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
6 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-medium
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-small
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-large
Menelikia sp. Arambourg 1941
5 specimens
4 specimens
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.A-W.Turkana
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
3 specimens
Gazella cf. granti Brooke 1872
2 specimens
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-med
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894
3 specimens
1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
1 specimen
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
3 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
3 specimens
5 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion hasumense Eisenmann 1983
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:Upper Lomekwi
Local bed:above Emekwi Tuff/ below Lokal
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lokalalei Tuff (2.52 +/- 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 Fauna
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- clude 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 153, LO1, Lomekwi I,
Database number:21354
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1991-06-14 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1991-06-14 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]