East Turkana - Area 10 - KBS (Pleistocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 278, Area 10 - KBS,

Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: KBS Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: KBS and Okote Tuffs 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: ephemeral lacustrine
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: mudstone, caliche

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 305, 304, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA

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 21464: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 25.04.1994

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi3
Deinotherium bozasi3 Arambourg 1934 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1 Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops5, Hexaprotodon aethiopicus5
Hippopotamus gorgops5 Dietrich 1928 hippo
Hexaprotodon aethiopicus5 Coryndon and Coppens 1975 pygmy hippo
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa pygmaea6
Giraffa pygmaea6 Harris 1976 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet.7, Pelorovis turkanensis7, Gazella sp.7, Reduncini indet.7, Kobus sigmoidalis7, Kobus kob7, Aepyceros melampus7, Alcelaphini indet.7, Alcelaphini indet.7, Damaliscus eppsi7, Megalotragus isaaci7
Bovidae indet.7 Gray 1821 antelope
Bovini gen. and sp. indet.
Pelorovis turkanensis7 Harris 1991 antelope
Gazella sp.7 Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Reduncini indet.7 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
Kobus sigmoidalis7 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Kobus kob7 Erxleben 1777 kob
Aepyceros melampus7 Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Alcelaphini indet.7 Brookes 1876 antelope
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Alcelaphini indet.7 Brookes 1876 antelope
Small Alcelaphini dentitions
Damaliscus eppsi7 Harris 1991 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes4, Metridiochoerus hopwoodi4, Metridiochoerus andrewsi4, Metridiochoerus modestus4, Metridiochoerus compactus4
Kolpochoerus limnetes4 Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus hopwoodi4 Leakey 1958 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi4 Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus modestus4 van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Metridiochoerus compactus4 Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium6
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium6 Pomel 1893 placental
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus indet.2, Hipparion sp.2, Hipparion cf. ethiopicum2
Equus indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hipparion sp.2 de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
H. sp. B
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum2 hipparionine horse
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet., "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei8
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei8 Leakey 1959 australopithecine
Adenota
  -
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki7
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki7 Schwartz 1932
1Beden 1983; 2Eisenmann 1983; 3Harris 1983; 4Harris 1983; 5Harris 1991; 6Harris 1991; 7Harris 1991; 8Isaac 1997