West Turkana - Kaitio region (Pliocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 84, Kaitio region,

Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (4.3° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 35.6° E)

When: Kaitio Member (Nachukui Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Malbe Tuff (1.86 +/- 0.02) & Lower Koobi Fora Tuff (=Okote Tuff; 1.64 +/- 0.03); Malbe Tuff also dated by Ar/Ar

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; burrowed siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: fauna mainly from basin margin to W of paleolake
• ETE rock type adj: laminated, ETE lithology comments: also clay & fine sand; sands & conglomerates in upper part, gypsum in lower halfMammals in sands & gravelly sandstones

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KENYA N.M.

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 21287: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.04.1992

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylidae indet.
Crocodylidae indet. crocodile
ETE occurrence; species: Crocodylidae
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Tatera sp.
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp.
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys sp.
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp., Pelorovis sp., Caprini indet., Connochaetes sp.
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
Caprini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Caprini
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
ETE occurrence; species: Turkana sp. nov.
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse