Also known as ETE Locality 353, Area 202 - General,
Where: Kenya (3.8° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 36.0° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Indet. Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Lokochot Tuff (3.5+-.10ma), Min = Lokalalei Tuff (2.52+-.-5ma) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 123, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 21538: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 17.05.1994
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Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish | |
Reptilia | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile | |
Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Actinopteri | |
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828 lates | |
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish |