East Turkana - Area 1 - General (Pleistocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 255, Area 1 - General,

Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: indet. Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: KBS tuff and top of Chari member

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 299, 298, 297, 296, 295, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA

Primary reference: H. L. Schwartz. 1983. Paleoecology of Late Cenozoic Fishes from the Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21442: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.01.1993

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Labeo sp.
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp., Crocodylus niloticus, Euthecodon brumpti
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp.
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Megantereon sp., Dinofelis cf. piveteaui, Homotherium sp., Panthera cf. leo
cf. Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Panthera cf. leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi, Cercocebus sp., Colobus sp.
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
Cercocebus sp. Geoffroy 1812 monkey
Colobus sp. Illiger 1811 monkey
Actinopteri
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet.
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates sp.
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828 lates
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp.
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
 Siluriformes - Bagridae
Auchenoglanis sp., Bagrus sp.
Auchenoglanis sp. Günther 1865 naked catfish
Bagrus sp. Bosc 1816 naked catfish
Cladistia
 Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp.
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir