East Turkana - Area 117 - Tulu Bor (Pliocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 298, Area 117 - Tulu Bor,

Where: Kenya (4.1° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Tulu Bor Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tulu Bor Tuff, Min = Burgi Tuff radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Lokeridede Lake complex - top of member
• ETE rock type adj: fine, ETE lithology comments: fining-upward cycles to yellow-brown silts, brown claystones, pedogenesis

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 231, ; 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

PaleoDB collection 21484: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius1, Hippopotamus sp.1
Hippopotamus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelus sp.2
Camelus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 camel
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp.3, Giraffa pygmaea3, Giraffa stillei3
Giraffa sp.3 Brisson 1762 giraffe
Giraffa pygmaea3 Harris 1976 giraffe
Giraffa stillei3 Arambourg 1947 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella praethomsoni4, Aepyceros shungurae4, Damaliscus cf. eppsi4, Connochaetes cf. gentryi4, Megalotragus sp.4, Reduncini indet.4, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera4, Kobus oricornis4, Kobus sigmoidalis4, Kobus aff. kob4, Simatherium cf. kohllarseni4, Tragelaphini indet.4, Tragelaphus nakuae4
Gazella praethomsoni4 Arambourg 1947 gazelle
Aepyceros shungurae4 Gentry 1985 impala
Damaliscus cf. eppsi4 Harris 1991 antelope
Connochaetes cf. gentryi4 Harris 1991 wildebeest
Megalotragus sp.4 van Hoepen 1932 antelope
Reduncini indet.4 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Reducini gen. and sp. indet.
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera4 Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
Kobus oricornis4 antelope
Kobus sigmoidalis4 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Kobus aff. kob4 Erxleben 1777 kob
Tragelaphini indet.4 Blyth 1863 antelope
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Tragelaphus nakuae4 Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium3
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium3 Pomel 1893 placental
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.5, Australopithecus sp.5
Hominidae indet.5 Gray 1825 ape
Hominidae gen. et sp. indet.
Australopithecus sp.5 Dart 1925 australopithecine
1Harris 1991; 2Harris 1991; 3Harris 1991; 4Harris 1991; 5Isaac 1997