PBDB Collection

East Turkana - Area 105 - Upper Burgi (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 211, Area 105 - Upper Burgi,

Where: Kenya (4.1° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.6° N, 36.2° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Burgi Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: ages based on Lokalalei and KBS tuffs radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: wet floodplainburrowed, silty

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lower member=fluvial,upper=lacustrine, deltaic

• ETE rock type adj: silt pebbles, ETE lithology comments: brown mudstone, carbonate conglomerate

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 123, 121, 88, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA

Primary reference: M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21398: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.02.1993, edited by Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Sindacharax sp., Pelecypodichnus tracefos, Labeo sp.⁹ Sindacharax sp. Pelecypodichnus tracefos ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name Labeo sp.⁹
Actinopteri
Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae	"Tetrodon sp." = Tetraodon⁹ "Tetrodon sp." = Tetraodon⁹ Linnaeus 1758
Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae	Barbus sp.⁹ Barbus sp.⁹ Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish
Siluriformes - Mochokidae	Synodontis sp.⁹ Synodontis sp.⁹ Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
Characiformes - Alestidae	Hydrocynus sp. Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae	Gymnarchus niloticus⁹ Gymnarchus niloticus⁹ aba knifefish
Cladistia
Polypteriformes - Polypteridae	Polypterus sp. Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹, Loxodonta adaurora¹ "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ Dietrich 1915 elephant E. recki shungurensis Loxodonta adaurora¹ Maglio 1970 African elephant L. adaurora kararae
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Deinotherium bozasi³ Deinotherium bozasi³ Arambourg 1934 deinothere
Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium⁷ "Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium⁷ Pomel 1893 placental
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus gorgops⁶, "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis⁶, Hexaprotodon aethiopicus⁶ Hippopotamus gorgops⁶ Dietrich 1928 hippo "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis⁶ Coryndon 1977 hippo Hexaprotodon aethiopicus⁶ Coryndon and Coppens 1975 pygmy hippo
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Kolpochoerus limnetes⁴, Metridiochoerus andrewsi⁴, "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti⁴ Kolpochoerus limnetes⁴ Hopwood 1926 pig Metridiochoerus andrewsi⁴ Hopwood 1926 pig "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti⁴ Leakey 1943 pig
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa sp.⁷, Giraffa stillei⁷ Giraffa sp.⁷ Brisson 1762 giraffe Giraffa stillei⁷ Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Gazella sp.⁸, Gazella cf. janenschi⁸, Gazella praethomsoni⁸, Pelorovis turkanensis⁷, Tragelaphini indet.⁸, Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁷, Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁸, Tragelaphus nakuae⁸, Aepyceros melampus⁸, Reduncini indet.⁸, Kobus sigmoidalis⁸, Menelikia lyrocera⁸, Hippotragus gigas⁸, Alcelaphini indet.⁸, Damaliscus eppsi⁸, Connochaetes gentryi⁸, Megalotragus isaaci⁸ Gazella sp.⁸ Blaineville 1816 gazelle Gazella cf. janenschi⁸ gazelle Gazella praethomsoni⁸ Arambourg 1947 gazelle Pelorovis turkanensis⁷ Harris 1991 antelope Tragelaphini indet.⁸ Blyth 1863 antelope Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet. Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁷ Pallas 1766 greater kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros⁸ Pallas 1766 greater kudu "Tragelaphus aff. T. strepsiceros maryanus" Tragelaphus nakuae⁸ Arambourg 1941 antelope Aepyceros melampus⁸ Lichtenstein 1812 impala Reduncini indet.⁸ Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope Reducini gen. and sp. indet. Kobus sigmoidalis⁸ Arambourg 1941 antelope Menelikia lyrocera⁸ Arambourg 1941 antelope Hippotragus gigas⁸ Leakey 1965 antelope Alcelaphini indet.⁸ Brookes 1876 antelope Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions Damaliscus eppsi⁸ Harris 1991 antelope Connochaetes gentryi⁸ Harris 1991 wildebeest Megalotragus isaaci⁸ antelope
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion cf. ethiopicum², Hipparion cornelianum², Equus sp.², Equus koobiforensis², Equus cf. koobiforensis² Hipparion cf. ethiopicum² hipparionine horse Hipparion cornelianum² hipparionine horse Equus sp.² Linnaeus 1758 horse Equus koobiforensis² horse Equus cf. koobiforensis² horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium simum⁵ Ceratotherium simum⁵ Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros C. simum germanoafricanum
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Rhinocolobus turkanaensis, Cercopithecoides kimeui, Cercopithecoides williamsi Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-E.Turkana Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey 1982 monkey Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollet 1947 monkey
Primates - Hominidae	Hominidae indet., Homo sp. Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae	Dasyatis africana Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray
Adenota
-	"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁸ "Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁸ Schwartz 1932

¹Beden 1983; ²Eisenmann 1983; ³Harris 1983; ⁴Harris 1983; ⁵Harris 1983; ⁶Harris 1991; ⁷Harris 1991; ⁸Harris 1991; ⁹Schwartz 1983