Also known as ETE Locality 140, Nariokotome region,
Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (4.2° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 35.7° E)
When: Nariokotome Member (Nachukui Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lower Nariokotome Tuff (1.33 +/- 0.03) and Kale Tuff(nearest date on underlying Silbo Tuff - 0.74 +/- 0.01) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; burrowed sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: J. M. Harris, F.H. Brown, and M.G. Leakey. 1988. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of pliocene and Pleistocene Localities West of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 399:1-128 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 21341: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.04.1992
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Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile |