PBDB Collection

East Turkana - Area 8 - KBS (Pleistocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 268, Area 8 - KBS,

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

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: KBS and Okote Tuffs

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: ephemeral lacustrine

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 123, 122, 88, ; 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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21454: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 11.01.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki¹ Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ileretensis
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus indet.² Equus indet.² Linnaeus 1758 horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium simum⁴ Ceratotherium simum⁴ Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: germanoafricanum
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hexaprotodon aethiopicus⁵, Hippopotamus gorgops⁵, "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis⁵ Hexaprotodon aethiopicus⁵ Coryndon and Coppens 1975 pygmy hippo Hippopotamus gorgops⁵ Dietrich 1928 hippo "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis⁵ Coryndon 1977 hippo
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Metridiochoerus andrewsi³, Kolpochoerus limnetes³ Metridiochoerus andrewsi³ Hopwood 1926 pig Kolpochoerus limnetes³ Hopwood 1926 pig
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Camelus sp.⁶ Camelus sp.⁶ Linnaeus 1758 camel
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa stillei⁷ Giraffa stillei⁷ Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Gazella sp.⁸, Aepyceros melampus⁸, Oryx sp.⁸, Alcelaphini indet.⁸, Alcelaphini indet.⁸, Megalotragus isaaci⁸, Reduncini indet.⁸, Kobus kob⁸, Kobus aff. leche⁸, Menelikia lyrocera⁸, Tragelaphini indet.⁸, Pelorovis turkanensis⁸, Pelorovis oldowayensis⁸ Gazella sp.⁸ Blaineville 1816 gazelle Aepyceros melampus⁸ Lichtenstein 1812 impala Oryx sp.⁸ de Blainville 1816 oryx Alcelaphini indet.⁸ Brookes 1876 antelope Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions Alcelaphini indet.⁸ Brookes 1876 antelope Alcelaphini dentitions Megalotragus isaaci⁸ antelope Reduncini indet.⁸ Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope Reduncini gen. and sp. indet. Kobus kob⁸ Erxleben 1777 kob Kobus aff. leche⁸ Gray 1850 antelope Menelikia lyrocera⁸ Arambourg 1941 antelope Tragelaphini indet.⁸ Blyth 1863 antelope Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet. Pelorovis turkanensis⁸ Harris 1991 antelope Pelorovis oldowayensis⁸ Reck 1928 antelope
Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium⁷ "Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium⁷ Pomel 1893 placental
Adenota
-	"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁸ "Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki⁸ Schwartz 1932

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