PBDB Collection

East Turkana - Area 103 - Okote (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 176, Area 103-Okote,

Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.9° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Okote Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Okote and Chari Tuffs radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: shallow floodplain lake

• ETE rock type adj: tuffaceous, ETE lithology comments: Koobi Fora Tuff Complex, sands, mudstones, oolitic carbonates, upward-fining cycles, caliche

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: ; 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

PaleoDB collection 21368: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.02.1993, edited by Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Sindacharax sp., Hemicypris sp., Stenocypris sp., Potamocypris producta, Jekinae jekinae, Labeo sp.⁶, Hyperopsius sp., Distichodus sp. Sindacharax sp. Hemicypris sp. Stenocypris sp. Potamocypris producta Jekinae jekinae Labeo sp.⁶ Hyperopsius sp. Distichodus sp.
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: recki
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hexaprotodon aethiopicus⁴, "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis⁴, Hippopotamus gorgops⁴ Hexaprotodon aethiopicus⁴ Coryndon and Coppens 1975 pygmy hippo "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis⁴ Coryndon 1977 hippo Hippopotamus gorgops⁴ Dietrich 1928 hippo
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Metridiochoerus compactus³, Metridiochoerus hopwoodi³, Kolpochoerus limnetes³ Metridiochoerus compactus³ Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig Metridiochoerus hopwoodi³ Leakey 1958 pig Kolpochoerus limnetes³ Hopwood 1926 pig
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Pelorovis oldowayensis⁵, Pelorovis turkanensis⁵, Tragelaphini indet.⁵, Tragelaphini indet.⁵, Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁵, Aepyceros melampus⁵, Damaliscus eppsi⁵, Connochaetes gentryi⁵, Megalotragus isaaci⁵, Kobus kob⁵, Kobus aff. leche⁵, Gazella indet.⁵, Gazella praethomsoni⁵ Pelorovis oldowayensis⁵ Reck 1928 antelope Pelorovis turkanensis⁵ Harris 1991 antelope Tragelaphini indet.⁵ Blyth 1863 antelope Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet. Tragelaphini indet.⁵ Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁵ Pallas 1766 greater kudu Aepyceros melampus⁵ Lichtenstein 1812 impala Damaliscus eppsi⁵ Harris 1991 antelope Connochaetes gentryi⁵ Harris 1991 wildebeest Megalotragus isaaci⁵ antelope Kobus kob⁵ Erxleben 1777 kob Kobus aff. leche⁵ Gray 1850 antelope Gazella indet.⁵ Blaineville 1816 gazelle Gazella sp. indet. Gazella praethomsoni⁵ Arambourg 1947 gazelle
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus indet.², "Equus cf. grevyi" = Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi², Equus cf. tabeti², Hipparion cf. ethiopicum² Equus indet.² Linnaeus 1758 horse "Equus cf. grevyi" = Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi² Oustalet 1882 Grevy's zebra Equus cf. tabeti² Arambourg 1970 horse Hipparion cf. ethiopicum² hipparionine horse
Primates - Hominidae	Hominidae indet., Homo cf. erectus Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae Homo cf. erectus Dubois 1892 human
Cladistia
Polypteriformes - Polypteridae	Polypterus sp. Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir
Actinopteri
Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae	Gymnarchus niloticus⁶ Gymnarchus niloticus⁶ aba knifefish
Characiformes - Alestidae	Hydrocynus sp. Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Siluriformes - Mochokidae	Synodontis sp.⁶ Synodontis sp.⁶ Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae	Barbus sp.⁶ Barbus sp.⁶ Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish
Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae	"Tetrodon sp." = Tetraodon "Tetrodon sp." = Tetraodon Linnaeus 1758
Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae	Dasyatis africana Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: A-E.Turkana
Ostracoda
Podocopida - Ilyocyprididae	Ilyocypris gibba Ilyocypris gibba Ramdohr 1808 ostracod
Podocopida - Cyprididae	Cypris sp. Cypris sp. Müller 1776 ostracod
Podocopida - Lymnocytheridae	Gomphocythere angulata Gomphocythere angulata ostracod
Podocopida - Cytherideidae	Cyprideis torosa Cyprideis torosa ostracod
Podocopida - Darwinulidae	Darwinula stevensoni Darwinula stevensoni Brady and Robertson 1870 ostracod
Adenota
-	"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁵ "Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁵ Schwartz 1932

¹Beden 1983; ²Eisenmann 1983; ³Harris 1983; ⁴Harris 1991; ⁵Harris 1991; ⁶Schwartz 1983