East Turkana - Area 129 - Lokochot/Tulu Bor (Pliocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 221, Area 129 - Lokochot/Tulu Bor,

Where: Kenya (4.2° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Lokochot/Tulu Bor Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Faunal Zone B (Harris, 1983), Burgi and Lokochot Tuffs radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: .

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 126, ; 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 21408: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 15.12.1992

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus3, Nyanzachoerus kanamensis3
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus3 Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis3 Leakey 1958 pig
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense1, Hipparion indet.1
"Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense1 Eisenmann 1983 hipparionine horse
Hipparion indet.1 de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi2
Deinotherium bozasi2 Arambourg 1934 deinothere
1Eisenmann 1983; 2Harris 1983; 3Harris 1983