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

Also known as ETE Locality 270, ARea 8 - 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, age based on other members from which fauna has been collected

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuff

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

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

Primary reference: C. S. Feibel, F.H. Brown, and I. McDougall. 1989. Stratigraphic Context of Fossil hominids from the Omo Group Deposits: Northern Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78:595-622 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21456: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 11.01.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp.
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes2
Kolpochoerus limnetes2 Hopwood 1926 pig
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Pseudocivetta sp., Genetta cf. genetta
Pseudocivetta sp. Petter 1963 civet
Genetta cf. genetta Linnaeus 1758 common genet
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta cf. crocuta
Crocuta cf. crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Rodentia - Muridae
Thallomys quadrilobatus1, Arvicanthis sp.1, Aethomys sp.1
Arvicanthis sp.1 Lesson 1842 grass rat
Aethomys sp.1 Thomas 1915 rock rat
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi, Cercocebus sp., Colobus sp.
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
Cercocebus sp. Geoffroy 1812 monkey
Colobus sp. Illiger 1811 monkey
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp.
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp., Crocodylus niloticus, Euthecodon brumpti
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates sp.
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828 lates
Cladistia
 Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp.
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir
1Black and Krishtalka 1986; 2Harris 1983