East Turkana - Area 102 - Lower Burgi (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 274, Area 102 - Lower Burgi,

Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Burgi and Lokalalei Tuffs radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: upper part - restricted, closed lake
• ETE rock type adj: fine-grained, ETE lithology comments: grades upward to olive-brown claystones in cycles

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 122, 121, 88, ; ETE museum list: MUSEUMS OF, NATIONAL

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 21460: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 25.01.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi2
Deinotherium bozasi2 Arambourg 1934 deinothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.1
Equus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp.4
Hippopotamus sp.4 Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes3, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus3
Kolpochoerus limnetes3 Hopwood 1926 pig
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus3 Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa jumae5
Giraffa jumae5 Leakey 1967 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Cephalophus sp.6
Cephalophus sp.6 Smith 1827 duiker
1Eisenmann 1983; 2Harris 1983; 3Harris 1983; 4Harris 1991; 5Harris 1991; 6Harris 1991