East Turkana - Area 261 - Lokochot (Pliocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 325, Area 261 - Lokochot,

Where: Kenya (3.6° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° N, 35.9° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

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

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: diatomaceous, ETE lithology comments: green claystones

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: I. McDougall. 1985. K/Ar and 40Ar/39Ar Dating of the Hominid-Bearing Plio-Pleistocene Sequence at Koobi Fora, Lake Turkana, Northern Kenya. Geological Society of America Bulletin 96:159-175 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21511: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.09.1993

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unclassified
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Hemicypris sp., Potamocypris producta, Plesiocypridopsis newtoni
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Limnocytheridae
Limnocythere africana
 Podocopida - Lymnocytheridae
Gomphocythere angulata
 Podocopida - Cyprididae
Cypris sp.
Cypris sp. Müller 1776 ostracod
 Podocopida - Ilyocyprididae
Ilyocypris gibba
Ilyocypris gibba Ramdohr 1808 ostracod