West Turkana - Eliye Springs (Pleistocene of Kenya)
Also known as ETE Locality 136, Eliye Springs,
Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (3.4° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° N, 36.0° E)
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: .
Environment/lithology: foreshore; mudstone
• ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: beach ETE event: ., ETE env comment: reworked by wave action into modern beach deposit
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: also sand
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: G. Braeuer and R.E.F. Leakey. 1986. The ES-11693 Cranium from Eliye Springs, West Turkana, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 15(4):289-312 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21337: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.06.1991
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Reptilia | |
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile | |
Mammalia | |
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo | |
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